Your AI is only as responsible as you are
Recorded at Microsoft Build, Ryan welcomes Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer for Responsible AI, about how we can build and use AI responsibly with the NIST approach, why most irresponsible AI comes from experimentation without thought of impact, and how Microsoft is researching thoughtful human/AI workflow design to reduce unnecessary escalation.
Episode notes:
This episode was recorded at Microsoft Build. Listen to our other episode recorded at Build on agentic workflows here.
Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn.
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941: Is Responsible AI Possible? with Dr. Sarah Bird of Microsoft
Scott heads to Microsoft’s campus for the VS Code Insider Summit to sit down with Dr. Sarah Bird and explore what “Responsible AI” really means for developers. From protecting user privacy to keeping humans in the loop, they dig into how everyday coders can play a role in shaping AI’s future.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:27 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
03:13 The path the machine learning.
04:44 How do you get to ‘Responsible AI’?
06:43 Is there such a thing as ‘Responsible AI’?
07:34 Does the average developer have a part to play?
09:12 How can AI tools protect inexperienced users?
11:55 Let’s talk about user and company privacy.
13:57 Are local tools and services becoming more viable?
15:06 Are people right to be skeptical?
16:58 The software developer role is fundamentally changing.
17:43 Human in the loop.
19:37 The career path to Responsible AI.
21:21 Sick Picks.
Sick Picks
Sarah: Japanese pottery
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How Microsoft Scales Testing and Safety for Generative AI with Sarah Bird - #691
Today, we're joined by Sarah Bird, chief product officer of responsible AI at Microsoft. We discuss the testing and evaluation techniques Microsoft applies to ensure safe deployment and use of generative AI, large language models, and image generation. In our conversation, we explore the unique risks and challenges presented by generative AI, the balance between fairness and security concerns, the application of adaptive and layered defense strategies for rapid response to unforeseen AI behaviors, the importance of automated AI safety testing and evaluation alongside human judgment, and the implementation of red teaming and governance. Sarah also shares learnings from Microsoft's ‘Tay’ and ‘Bing Chat’ incidents along with her thoughts on the rapidly evolving GenAI landscape.
The complete show notes for this episode can be found at https://twimlai.com/go/691.
Responsible AI in Practice with Sarah Bird - #322
Today we continue our Azure ML at Microsoft Ignite series joined by Sarah Bird, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft. At Ignite, Microsoft released new tools focused on responsible machine learning, which fall under the umbrella of the Azure ML 'Machine Learning Interpretability Toolkit.’ In our conversation, Sarah walks us this toolkit, detailing use cases and the user experience. We also discuss her work in differential privacy, and in the broader ML community, in particular, the MLSys conference.
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