The official account of the
@Stanford
Institute for Human-Centered AI, advancing AI research, education, policy, and practice to improve the human condition.
📢 The
#AIIndex2024
is now live! This year’s report presents new estimates on AI training costs, a thorough analysis of the responsible AI landscape, and a new chapter about AI's impact on medicine and scientific discovery. Read the full report here:
When "
#ImageNet
: A large-scale hierarchical image database" was published in 2009, it showed how large-scale datasets could transform neural network algorithms. Now, its author & HAI co-director
@drfeifei
has won the
@cvpr2019
award for the retrospective most impactful paper.
#AI
Hi, we are the
@Stanford
Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. AI has the potential to transform our world – how will we ensure it improves life for all of us? Join us in our work to explore this dream of a better future.
#StanfordHumanAI
This year’s AI Index report offers a deep dive into the evolving landscape of AI. Covering key trends from technical performance to geopolitical dynamics, it's a must-read for industry leaders, policymakers, and anyone interested in the state of AI.
The
#AIIndex2024
tracks the rise of multimodal models, major cash investments into generative AI, new performance benchmarks, shifting global opinions, and major regulations. It’s a lot to take in! Start with this series of charts for the main highlights:
NEW: This comprehensive report investigates foundation models (e.g. BERT, GPT-3), which are engendering a paradigm shift in AI. 100+ scholars across 10 departments at Stanford scrutinize their capabilities, applications, and societal consequences.
Just released! The
#AIIndex2023
rounds up the latest trends in AI. This year’s report introduces more original data than any previous edition, a new chapter on AI public opinion, and more. Here are the top takeaways: ↘️
Introducing the new AI Index! Take a deep dive into what happened in the world of
#AI
this year, from technical advances to hiring to the ethical landscape.
#AIIndex2021
Just released: The
#AIIndex2022
. This year's report provides new and updated metrics across all aspects of AI: research and development, technical AI ethics, AI policy and governance, diversity in AI, and more. Read the report:
Just released: The newest
#AI100report
examines the current state of AI, it's far-reaching impact, and the role of government, academia, the industry, and the public in shaping the technology. Read the report:
Breaking news: The U.S. Congress just introduced a bipartisan bill called CREATE AI Act, which calls for a National AI Research Resource. This bill builds upon work that Stanford HAI has supported through thought leadership, research, and engagement.
Yesterday, EU lawmakers passed a draft of the EU AI Act which proposed transparency requirements for providers of foundation models like ChatGPT. Do they currently comply with the draft act? Researchers at
@StanfordCRFM
& HAI found that they often do not.
Today, we're setting out to fundamentally change the field of AI by integrating a wide range of disciplines and prioritizing true diversity of thought. Co-Directors
@drfeifei
and John Etchemendy share the story of
#StanfordHumanAI
in their own words:
#COVID19
and AI: A Virtual Conference on April 1 will explore
#AI
applications in diagnostics and treatment and the human impact on economies, culture, government and human behavior. More details on the livestream coming soon.
A new
@IndexingAI
report on
#AI
’s global impact is now live.
#AIIndex2019
analyzes the technology’s broad impact on society, from national economies to autonomous vehicles. Read more on our blog:
Could AI choreograph the next TikTok dance trend? Stanford researchers have created a model called EDGE that can choreograph human dance animation to match any piece of music – unlocking new possibilities for creative expression & physical engagement.
Congratulations to
@StanfordHAI
associate director
@chrmanning
for winning this year's
@IEEEorg
's John von Neumann Medal for his outstanding achievements in advancing computational representation and analysis of natural language. Learn more here:
In education, we haven’t even begun to do deep machine learning work in terms of understanding motivation, teaching styles and more to really improve the output of the system: better learning, fewer dropouts. - Bill Gates
#StanfordHumanAI
“What if, instead of thinking of automation as the removal of human involvement from a task, we imagined it as the selective inclusion of human participation?” Professor
@gewang
unravels the value derived from “human-in-the-loop” AI systems.
“I still believe the world is created by us. And whatever future world we envision or we want to live in is due to the work we do today.”
@drfeifei
spoke with
@CNBC
about guiding
#AI
's impact.
Can we teach robots to generalize learning? How can algorithms become more commonsensical? Can a child’s learning style influence AI? Scholars discussed the intersection of human intelligence and AI at HAI's fall conference:
A brain-computer interface powered by artificial intelligence can help people with paralysis or limb impairment communicate by translating imagined handwriting into text.
The
#AIIndex2023
shows that AI is starting to rapidly accelerate scientific progress - from aiding hydrogen fusion to generating new antibodies. Today
@stanford
, our co-director
@drfeifei
and
@deepmind
’s
@demishassabis
discuss the promise of AI in advancing scientific discovery.
HAI co-director
@drfeifei
has been elected to
@theNAEng
for her contributions in building large knowledge bases for machine learning and visual understanding. Congratulations to her and the rest of this year’s newly elected members!
Stanford researchers are creating an open-source challenge to mainstream voice assistants - with the hope of opening up competition and protecting privacy.
#AI
Can computers think? Alan Turing’s paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” published 72 years ago this month in Mind, was the first to ask this question and introduce the idea of the Imitation Game – aka the Turing Test.
“I don’t see that human intelligence is something that humans can never understand.” - John McCarthy, founder of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
#StanfordHumanAI
During
@AndrewYang
's presidential campaign, he argued that tech advances such as AI will put 1 in 3 Americans out of work in the next 12 yrs. To avert an economic crisis, he proposes that every American adult receive $1,000/mo, or a UBI.
#RadicalPolicies4AI
Welcome to Peter Norvig, who has joined HAI as a Distinguished Education Fellow! In this interview, he describes three problems that should be addressed for DEI education programs to be effective:
1/11: Yesterday HAI released the
#AIIndex2021
, a comprehensive look at AI's impact and progress from the past year, covering job growth, diversity, research, and more. Here is the state of AI in ten charts.
Now posted: The full lineup for the Workshop on Foundation Models. This program brings together speakers from a vast array of disciplines to discuss foundation models (e.g. GPT-3), the underlying technology, and the broader societal impact.
Large language models like GPT-3 can contain bias and perpetuate the spread of disinformation. OpenAI and Stanford researchers call for urgent action to address this societal impact.
Born on this day in 1927 🎂: AI pioneer John McCarthy, who coined the term “artificial intelligence" and launched the
@StanfordAILab
. Check out this oral history of his work from 2007, by
@ComputerHistory
:
Virtual assistants like Alexa and Google may make life easier, but their makers have built what amounts to a duopoly, say Stanford scholars. They've created an open-source virtual assistant that protects consumer privacy and increases competition.
Today in San Francisco: AI experts, including HAI Co-Director
@drfeifei
and HAI Associate Director
@robreich
, met with President Joe Biden
@POTUS
to discuss the promises and risks of artificial intelligence.
We need to broaden the conversation around
#AI
. Today, it's very much behind a wall of math and equations. We’re missing tools that can translate that into a language other people can engage with. -
@viegasf
#StanfordHumanAI
Just announced! HAI Co-Director
@drfeifei
joins a scientific advisory board created by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that will advise
@UN
leaders on breakthroughs in technology and how to harness benefits of these advances while mitigating risks.
AI is undergoing a sweeping paradigm shift with models (e.g., GPT-3) trained at immense scale, carrying both major opportunities and serious risks. Experts from multiple disciplines will discuss at our upcoming workshop on Aug. 23-24:
Introducing the
#AIAuditChallenge
– a $71K competition to design better AI audits.
@StanfordHAI
&
@StanfordCyber
are seeking proposals for tools that enable regulators, journalists & civil society to effectively audit deployed AI systems/open source models.
This new AI tool can help spot deep-fakes. But as the technology to manipulate video gets better, the capability of technology to detect it gets worse. The real task is improving our media literacy.
Stanford HAI is turning five!🎉
We’re excited to celebrate this anniversary with our community of scholars, collaborators, supporters, and staff. Follow along our
#MondayMilestones
as we look back at key moments that have shaped our commitment to advancing human-centered AI. 1/n
Compared with using a flashcard app, students who studied with QuizBot remembered 25% more right answers for information ranging from science to advanced English vocabulary.
RSVP for our virtual conference on COVID-19 and
#AI
on April 1. Speakers will explore topics including epidemiological tracking and forecasting of the virus's spread, as well as the broader human impact of pandemics.
The relationship between perception and memory within the human brain has flummoxed scientists. New research using state-of-the-art computational tools from artificial intelligence disentangles the debate.
What does the future of large language models like GPT-3 look like? What is their impact to society? HAI convened researchers from
@OpenAI
,
@Stanford
, and other universities to discuss. Here are 7 takeaways:
Machine learning is radically changing how one builds, deploys, and maintains software. Chris Re, Stanford CS professor, describes the challenges that this “Software 2.0” presents.
We are the
@Stanford
Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: a new center to prepare the next generation of leaders to learn, build, invent, and scale AI with a human-centered approach. Learn more:
#StanfordHumanAI
Foundation model developers are becoming less transparent, making it difficult for researchers, policymakers, and the public to understand how these models work, as well as their limitations and impact. Scholars assess the transparency of 10 developers.
#AI
isn't just a technical field anymore. We need educators, policymakers, journalists and the rest of society to contribute their perspectives, said
@drfeifei
, co-director of Stanford HAI.
How do we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic? On June 1, HAI brings together researchers and industry experts to discuss the path forward, economically, medically, and culturally. Register to join.
Just announced: As AI systems push the boundaries of human expression, we are forced to confront questions about creativity, authenticity, and ownership. On May 24, join artists and technologists as we explore these complex issues at our Spring Symposium:
AI’s supposed emergent capabilities have caused great concern widely shared by many in the tech industry. But according to a new paper, the presence of emergence only exists because of the programmers' choice of metric.
Congratulations to our faculty co-director
@drfeifei
on receiving the 2019
@NatGeo
Further Award, which recognizes a leader pushing the boundaries of their field with uniquely innovative, timely, and impactful work.
Does having virtual bodies influence an artificial agent's ability to learn new tasks and thrive in challenging environments? A new Stanford research suggests that embodiment is key to the evolution of intelligence:
The National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) will help level the playing field in AI research, education, and innovation.
@WHOSTP
has invited HAI’s
@drfeifei
to serve on the task force that will create a roadmap and implementation plan for this infrastructure.
We're one week away from our virtual conference on COVID-19 and AI. RSVP to learn more about AI applications in epidemiological tracking, and the impact of pandemics on economies, culture, government and human behavior.
Starting in 1 hour: The two-day workshop on
#FoundationModels
will bring together scholars and experts from a vast array of disciplines to discuss foundation models (eg GPT-3), the underlying technology, and the broader societal impact. Streaming live here
How can we hope to build an artificial intelligence when we still understand so little about human intelligence? Register for our Oct. 7 virtual conference examining the intersections of neuroscience, psychology and
#AI
.
Stanford scholars have developed machine learning methods to accurately predict molecular structures, unraveling one of the biggest problems in modern biology and medical discovery.
🚨 Introducing our new tracker for
@POTUS
’s Executive Order on AI. This tool follows the 150 requirements and provides key statistics and novel insights into this pivotal AI policy & its implementation — from policy focus areas to the urgency of deadlines.
Thank you,
@BillGates
, for joining us today to discuss the ethical development of human-centered
#AI
and how it can be applied to improve lives around the world, from medicine to education.
#StanfordHumanAI
The vast majority of patient data used to build medical AI tools comes from only three states, with little or no representation from the remaining 47 states. Stanford scholars examine health care bias and the path toward fairness.
We're preparing the next generation of leaders to learn, build, invent and scale
#AI
with a human-centered approach. Join us in exploring this dream of a better future.
We're developing a hub for COVID-19 research collaborations and other opportunities, such as RA positions, internships, or funding opportunities. Learn more.
Congrats to
@StanfordHAI
’s James
@Landay
on his ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award! This award recognizes the most innovative and influential contributions to the study of human-computer interaction. Well deserved, James!
@sigchi
The National Research Cloud, first proposed by HAI Co-Directors John Etchemendy and
@drfeifei
, would give academic scientists access to public data sets and to the cloud data centers of major tech companies.
America must continue to be a frontrunner in AI and technology. We can do so many positive things with this technology, says
@drfeifei
in this discussion with
@CondoleezzaRice
A recent study reveals that ChatGPT outperforms first- and second-year medical students on complex clinical reasoning exam questions, signaling a need for a new approach for medical education.
.
@drfeifei
: AI has developed some truly remarkable capabilities in recent years, but it remains light years behind the nuance, subtlety and flexibility of our own intelligence.
#StanfordHumanAI
Using a simulation, researchers studied how embodiment influences the evolution of AI. “To our knowledge, this is the first simulation to show that what you learn within a lifetime can be sped up just by changing your morphology," says HAI's
@SuryaGanguli
.
Complex code written by large language models is prone to failure, as a single mistake can break the entire program. Parsel allows LLMs to write multi-part code the way people do: breaking down hard tasks into smaller pieces and solving them one at a time.
The
@InsideNatGeo
Further Award recognizes a leader whose work is uniquely innovative, timely and impactful. Watch our co-director
@drfeifei
– this year’s award recipient – discuss the origins of her interest in science and
#AI
.
HAI associate director and co-founder
@chrmanning
has a lifelong fascination with human language. His efforts to help computers learn, understand, and generate that language has made him an influential figure in NLP. (via
@StanfordEng
)
Hear insights from our co-director
@drfeifei
and Google DeepMind CEO
@demishassabis
as they discussed how AI is rapidly changing the speed and breadth of scientific discovery. Watch the recording here:
"Many of our social relations are now partly or wholly constituted by algorithmic intermediaries," says
@sethlazar
at the 2023 Tanner Lecture on AI and Human Values
@stanford
, co-hosted by
@StanfordEthics
.
Watch the livestream here:
There’s a desire to come up with a quantitative metric for fairness, but there isn’t one. What we’re starting to see is a tweaking of algorithmic systems to create parity. -
@katecrawford
#StanfordHumanAI
Huge congratulations to our co-director
@drfeifei
for her well-deserved spot on
@TIME
's
#TIME100AI
of 2023! Your contributions to the world of AI are reshaping our future and inspiring us all.
Each year AI experts across disciplines provide a comprehensive review of artificial intelligence through the AI Index. On March 3, the new AI Index launches – recapping an unprecedented year of growth.
#AIIndex2021
Foundation models are powerful machine learning algorithms that sit at the core of many generative AI tools today. How are they built and deployed and how are they changing society? Here’s a quick intro for non-experts:
Live in three days: Watch our 2019 fall conference on AI Ethics, Policy, and Governance, where we'll discuss AI and the economy, what we truly want from
#AI
, and more.
#StanfordHumanAI
To better understand
#GPT3
’s capabilities, limitations, and potential impact on society, HAI convened researchers from OpenAI, Stanford, and other universities earlier this year. Here are the highlights of their discussion:
That concludes our Workshop on
#FoundationModels
! Many thanks to our insightful speakers and engaged audience. For those who missed it, you can find the recording of both days on our Youtube channel:
We are seeking a new science education postdoctoral fellow to conduct research and outreach aimed at addressing the underrepresentation of various populations in the field. Learn more about the program:
Stanford HAI "was set up to look at three areas; the human impact of
#AI
, how AI can augment rather than replace people, and improving the ‘intelligence’ part of AI." - James
@landay
, associate director
We're piloting a new graduate fellows program that connects students and HAI scholars to develop interdisciplinary, human-centered research in AI. Welcome to our first cohort!
“Whether by race, gender or geography, medical AI has a data diversity problem: Researchers can’t easily obtain large, diverse medical data sets. And that can lead to biased algorithms.”
@dr_amit_kaushal
@Rbaltman
@curtlanglotz
explain in
@sciam
Disinformation "is not a new phenomenon. We are up against this all the time. We need to make sure we’re talking not just about the spread of disease, but also the spread of information that can hurt people." -
@DoctorYasmin
Ryan Tibshirani and his team use epidemiological tools to forecast the flu. Now his team is examining COVID-19: “What we’re observing now is not like observing the flu or like anything we observed before."
Stanford PhD student
@RishiBommasani
works to build an interdisciplinary research community to study foundation models and evaluate them in a holistic way. “There are a lot of basic questions we don’t have answers for.”