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Episode 192: Using Machine Learning to Combat Toxicity Online: Jigsaw’s Perspective API

Episode 192: Using Machine Learning to Combat Toxicity Online: Jigsaw’s Perspective API

Update: 2021-04-07
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This episode features Lucy Vasserman, Staff Software Engineer at Google. Lucy leads the Conversation AI team within Google's Jigsaw, which studies how computers can learn to understand the nuances and context of abusive language at scale. More specifically, Lucy works on machine learning research to improve core models, which power the Perspective API, with a focus on combating algorithmic bias. She also collaborates with internal and external users to ensure the Conversation AI models capture their needs.

Topics explored include:
• Computer Science Careers
• Conversational AI
• Algorithmic Bias
• Ethical AI
• Fair & Safe Technology
• Large Language Models

Links:
LinkedIn profile
• Perspective API:https://www.perspectiveapi.com/
• The Current: https://jigsaw.google.com/the-current/toxicity/

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Episode 192: Using Machine Learning to Combat Toxicity Online: Jigsaw’s Perspective API

Episode 192: Using Machine Learning to Combat Toxicity Online: Jigsaw’s Perspective API

Lucy Vasserman, Staff Software Engineer, Google