Last Week in AI AI Nirvana Song, Facebook Fairness Dataset, No-Code AI
Apr 16, 2021
Discover how a groundbreaking dataset aims to promote fairness in AI, tackling demographic biases. Explore the ethical dilemmas surrounding data usage and the rise of no-code AI tools that empower everyone to create technology without coding skills. Feel the nostalgia as AI generates a new Nirvana song, 27 years after Kurt Cobain's passing, blending music and mental health awareness. This discussion highlights both challenges and opportunities in democratizing AI and art, shaping the future of creativity.
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Facebook Fairness Dataset
- Facebook released a new dataset, Casual Conversations, to evaluate AI model fairness.
- This dataset includes videos of diverse individuals, with explicit age and gender labels, addressing bias concerns.
Dataset Usage Restrictions
- The dataset's user agreement prohibits training models for identifying sensitive attributes.
- This aims to prevent controversial applications like predicting sexual orientation or generating faces from voices.
Facebook's Response to Criticism
- Facebook's dataset release might be a response to an MIT Technology Review article criticizing their fairness efforts.
- The article highlighted concerns about Facebook focusing on bias rather than broader fairness issues.