About the AI and Ethics Book Club
This is a call for book suggestions to discuss under the AI and Ethics Book Club. The AI and Ethics Book Club is a monthly in-person discussion where a book is selected and discussed each month. The Book Club is open to practitioners from different disciplines, including AI, security, Machine Learning, law, legal-tech, health, health-tech, public policy, history, finance, and others.
Topics
This project is intended to collect book ideas to discuss, and curate sessions around the books related to the following topics:
- AI and safety
- AI biases, and risk mitigation
- Best practices around AI and ethics
- Approaches and frameworks to think about AI and ethics
Those interested in suggesting books to discuss can suggest multi-disciplinary topics which cover the scope of AI, ethics and considerations for the present and future.
Selection process - criteria for selecting books and scheduling monthly sessions
- The book to be taken up for discussion is either highly cited/reviewed, or is topical i.e., aligning with the themes of the Book Club, and has useful approaches for pracitioners to consider and incorporate in their work.
- The presenter must prepare slides, or flow document which will simplify the book into easily understandable essence, and topics to focus on.
- Review of slides and flow document, and any other relevant material will happen before confirming and scheduling the book for discussion.
- Once this is done, a moderator/emcee from the relevant domain will be matched with the presenter to anchor the discussion.
About the curators
The Book Club invites curators and reviwers from diverse disciplines to participate and continue the monthly cadence.
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Bharat Shetty Barkur has worked across different organizations such as IBM India Software Labs, Aruba Networks, Fybr, Concerto HealthAI, and Airtel Labs. He has worked on products and platforms across diverse verticals such as retail, IoT, chat and voice bots, ed-tech, and healthcare leveraging AI, Machine Learning, NLP, and software engineering. His interests lie in AI, NLP research, and accessibility.
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Michiel Baas is currently a Senior Research Fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. His research focuses on questions of cohabitation and cocreation with AI and he also writes a lot about the middle-class in India, and on questions of gender/sexuality and the body. He is the author of the book: Muscular India - Masculinity, Mobility and the New Middle Class.
How you can contribute
- Suggest a book to discuss.
- Moderate/discuss a book someone else is proposing.
- Pick up a membership to support the meet-ups and The Fifth Elephant’s activities.
- Spread the word among colleagues and friends. Join The Fifth Elephant Telegram group or WhatsApp group.
About The Fifth Elephant
The Fifth Elephant is a community funded organization. If you like the work that The Fifth Elephant does and want to support meet-ups and activities - online and in-person - contribute by picking up a membership
Contact
For inquiries, leave a comment or call The Fifth Elephant at +91-7676332020.
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Selection process - criteria for selecting books and scheduling monthly sessions
- The book to be taken up for discussion is either highly cited/reviewed, or is topical i.e., aligning with the themes of the Book Club, and has useful approaches for pracitioners to consider and incorporate in their work.
- The presenter must prepare slides, or flow document which will simplify the book into easily understandable essence, and topics to focus on.
- Review of slides and flow document, and any other relevant material will happen before confirming and scheduling the book for discussion.
- Once this is done, a moderator/emcee from the relevant domain will be matched with the presenter to anchor the discussion.
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Bharat Shetty Barkur "Better without AI" by David ChapmanAbout the book “Better without AI” explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, emphasizing the current reality of powerful AI, as demonstrated by advanced text generators like ChatGPT. Rather than focusing on malevolent robots, it delves into the concept of “moderate apocalypses” resulting from technologies shaping our social and cultural landscape. The book highlights the r… more
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MICHIEL BAAS "Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence" by James BridleAbout the book James Bridle’s “Ways of Being” is a profound exploration of intelligence in various forms—plant, animal, human, and artificial—and its impact on our perception of humanity’s place in the universe. Delving into the concept of intelligence, Bridle questions whether it is exclusive to humans or shared across diverse entities, including those made of flesh, wood, stone, and silicon. Th… more
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MICHIEL BAAS "How Is It Between Us?" by Jarrett ZigonAbout the book In “How Is It Between Us?”, Jarrett Zigon intertwines anthropology and phenomenological hermeneutics to formulate a novel theory of relational ethics. This ethical framework extends beyond human interactions to encompass all existents, emphasizing the significance of the ‘between.’ Zigon’s theory becomes a valuable lens for addressing contemporary ethical challenges, including navi… more
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"Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines" by Joy BuolamwiniAbout the book “Unmasking AI” delves beyond sensational headlines on Big Tech’s existential risks, narrating Joy Buolamwini’s discovery of the “coded gaze” – evidence of encoded discrimination in tech products. The book explores her journey and the founding of the Algorithmic Justice League to combat AI harms. Buolamwini applies an intersectional lens, revealing how racism, sexism, colorism, and … more
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Vijayalakshmi Iyer Privacy 3.0: Unlocking Our Data-Driven Future by Rahul MatthanAbout the book Technology lawyer Rahul Matthan traces the changing notions of privacy from the earliest times to its evolution through landmark cases in the UK, US and India. In the process, he re-imagines the way we should be thinking about privacy today if we are to take full advantage of modern data technologies, cautioning against getting so obsessed with their potential harms that we design … more
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