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Information Theory and Direction Selectivity
Aman Chawla
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02915 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.02915

Information Theory and Direction Selectivity
In this brief paper, the authors study the tuning curves of starburst amacrine cells (SACs) and introduce a quantity called the irresolution or ambiguity of a SAC. They show that the rate of data generated by a starburst amacrine cell is inversely proportional to its irresolution. This is done by providing bounds on the rate required to encode the generated data. This technique can be applied to different cell types with different tuning curves. In this manner, information theoretic views can b…

Today my dad sent me a brief memoir* in which — as an aside — he mentioned that he was in fifth grade in (educated, liberalish, moderately well-off) Hollywood, Florida when school desegregation was made mandatory at a federal level. He remembers how many of his white classmates — including the Jewish white kids — were angry and opposed to the prospect of sharing their classrooms with black kids.
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* through Storyworth, which is a neat idea if you can get your elders to play ball…

Today in the arguments in Murthy v Missouri non-justice Thomas asked what is the dividing line between unlawful gov't coercion of social media and lawful acts of persuasion.
Well, the answer was there to be answered but apparently no one did: The answer is to pull up the standard that SCOTUS used in McDonnell v. United States where they said that a bribe, to be a bribe, had to be very directly tied to a quid-pro-quo.
Well, that same standard could be used with regard to gov…

Some article or statement on the #Internet angers you?
Then write a reply!
But afterwards consider deleting it.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-57916-z<…

Finished #Treefort2024 with a veggie bowl, 🍜 a Radio Boise 📻 “hotel” key 🗝️ cum zipper pull (free for answering a brief QR survey), and Freakonomics courtesy the Little Free Library #LFL I’d stashed my pepper spray 🌶️ & knife. 🗡️

Making High-Level AI Design Decisions Explicit Using a Binary Stream System-Designation Approach
Julia Mossbridge
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08832 https://…

Making High-Level AI Design Decisions Explicit Using a Binary Stream System-Designation Approach
Some crucial decisions in AI design tend to be overlooked or factor choices are assumed implicitly. The question often answered first is what the AI will do, not how it will interact with the rest of the world. This reduces our understanding of the possible types of AI that can be developed and their potential impacts on humanity. As an initial AI taxonomy, I present binary choices for 10 of the subjectively most separable and influential high-level design factors, then give brief examples of s…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08519 has been replaced.
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Non-discrimination law in Europe: a primer. Introducing European non-discrimination law to non-lawyers
This brief paper provides an introduction to non-discrimination law in Europe. It answers the questions: What are the key characteristics of non-discrimination law in Europe, and how do the different statutes relate to one another? Our main target group is computer scientists and users of artificial intelligence (AI) interested in an introduction to non-discrimination law in Europe. Notably, non-discrimination law in Europe differs significantly from non-discrimination law in other countries, s…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08519 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

Non-discrimination law in Europe: a primer. Introducing European non-discrimination law to non-lawyers
This brief paper provides an introduction to non-discrimination law in Europe. It answers the questions: What are the key characteristics of non-discrimination law in Europe, and how do the different statutes relate to one another? Our main target group is computer scientists and users of artificial intelligence (AI) interested in an introduction to non-discrimination law in Europe. Notably, non-discrimination law in Europe differs significantly from non-discrimination law in other countries, s…

Non-discrimination law in Europe: a primer. Introducing European non-discrimination law to non-lawyers
Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, Nina Baranowska, Philipp Hacker, Alessandro Fabris
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08519

Non-discrimination law in Europe: a primer. Introducing European non-discrimination law to non-lawyers
This brief paper provides an introduction to non-discrimination law in Europe. It answers the questions: What are the key characteristics of non-discrimination law in Europe, and how do the different statutes relate to one another? Our main target group is computer scientists and users of artificial intelligence (AI) interested in an introduction to non-discrimination law in Europe. Notably, non-discrimination law in Europe differs significantly from non-discrimination law in other countries, s…