Title: Technologists and Ocean Governance

Dr. Ota will speak on his experience leading ocean governance initiatives, and the successes and pitfalls of the ways technologists engage in this space. As a jumping-off point, we'll visit a recent high-profile PNAS paper that claims to identify fishing vessels with a high risk of labor abuse using AI. Yoshi and a team of other authors published a rebuttal to the paper, doubting the veracity of its claims and also worrying about the potential to mislead policy.

Original article claiming to profile fisheries labor exploitation with AI: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/3/e2016238117
Yoshi's and team's rebuttal: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/19/e2100341118

Noon 11/23 at CSE2 271

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