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Are LeCun, Corrado, etc. actually running this? They're pretty busy, and the website doesn't sound like them: "We believe that by taking a multi-party stakehol

Are LeCun, Corrado, etc. actually running this? They're pretty busy, and the website doesn't sound like them: "We believe that by taking a multi-party stakeholder approach to identifying and addressing challenges and opportunities in an open and inclusive manner, we can have the greatest benefit and positive impact for the users of AI technologies. While the Partnership on AI was founded by five major IT companies, the organization will be overseen and directed by a diverse board that balances members from the founding companies with leaders in academia, policy, law, and representatives from the non-profit sector. By bringing together these different groups, we will also seek to bring open dialogue internationally, bringing parties from around the world to discuss these topics." This sounds like it was written by some PR person. Google and Facebook are "IT companies"?

jacques_chester 10y ago
> This sounds like it was written by some PR person. It probably was. The article is pretty clearly a press release with some touch-up. This happens a lot when the pressure is to be first to publish. Someone gives you a completely-written "story" and off you go.
- apsec112 10y ago
  That quote wasn't from the article, it was from the org website (http://www.partnershiponai.org/faq/ http://www.partnershiponai.org/faq/).
  - jacques_chester 10y ago
    I sit corrected.
CobrastanJorji 10y ago
You could define an IT company to be a company whose primary business is computer-based storage, retrieval, and manipulation of information, and with such a definition what company could be more IT-like than Google or Facebook?
andreyk 10y ago
Seems so based on LeCun and others' posts on Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/yann.lecun/posts/10153847670912143 https://www.facebook.com/yann.lecun/posts/10153847670912143 "Finally we announced the Partnership on AI to benefit people and society! Amazon, Google/DeepMind, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft will collaborate to advance understanding of AI and discuss best practices on challenging issues such as ethics and trust. The five companies are founding the initiative, but everybody is invited to join. Representatives are Eric Horvitz (Microsoft), Yann LeCun (Facebook), Mustafa Suleyman (DeepMind), Ralf Herbrich (Amazon), and myself from IBM. More info at www.partnershiponai.org Looking forward to start working together on this exciting initiative!" "A picture of the co-founders of the Partnership on AI, at the IBM Watson Headquarters in NYC (on Astor Place, across the street from my Facebook office!). With Eric Horvitz, Francesca Rossi, me and Mustafa Suleyman. Ralf Herbrich joined us by phone from Germany."

jacques_chester 10y ago

> This sounds like it was written by some PR person. It probably was. The article is pretty clearly a press release with some touch-up. This happens a lot when the pressure is to be first to publish. Someone gives you a completely-written "story" and off you go.

apsec112 10y ago
That quote wasn't from the article, it was from the org website (http://www.partnershiponai.org/faq/ http://www.partnershiponai.org/faq/).
- jacques_chester 10y ago
  I sit corrected.

CobrastanJorji 10y ago

You could define an IT company to be a company whose primary business is computer-based storage, retrieval, and manipulation of information, and with such a definition what company could be more IT-like than Google or Facebook?

andreyk 10y ago

Seems so based on LeCun and others' posts on Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/yann.lecun/posts/10153847670912143 https://www.facebook.com/yann.lecun/posts/10153847670912143 "Finally we announced the Partnership on AI to benefit people and society! Amazon, Google/DeepMind, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft will collaborate to advance understanding of AI and discuss best practices on challenging issues such as ethics and trust. The five companies are founding the initiative, but everybody is invited to join. Representatives are Eric Horvitz (Microsoft), Yann LeCun (Facebook), Mustafa Suleyman (DeepMind), Ralf Herbrich (Amazon), and myself from IBM. More info at www.partnershiponai.org Looking forward to start working together on this exciting initiative!" "A picture of the co-founders of the Partnership on AI, at the IBM Watson Headquarters in NYC (on Astor Place, across the street from my Facebook office!). With Eric Horvitz, Francesca Rossi, me and Mustafa Suleyman. Ralf Herbrich joined us by phone from Germany."