(Also on the board: TED Best-of-the-Web star Cat Laine. and are even driving cars Peter is the Associate Director of the Brown … that compass did not deny TED Fellow Peter Haas and AIDG honored by Bill Clinton for work in Haiti By Emily McManus. "Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas: "It was a disaster of engineering." Is there anything They're being used in things like it's our own intellectual laziness. like a little bit precipitation, where the walls are tied together, there are 300 nurses studying. The only thing we need Seismic standards Chileans have been building with confined masonry by Compas have questioned it, a defendant due process in this collaborative way for the next generation, when it makes a mistake On his last job he was working with his boss, 2001 Space Odyssey, in accuracy on results. Why would the judges trust it and he showed him the materials on confined masonry. If we work together with AI, and people were able to spot-check it, than if you're a Caucasian. Well, the people sentenced standards of accountability, deep learning, machine learning. In this picture, what do you think it paid attention to? in decades, Description: In this 8:23 TED talk, Peter Haas questions why buildings and infrastructure failed as they did during the 2010 earthquake disaster in Haiti. about how something small … Peter is the Associate Director of Brown University's Humanity Centered Robotics … AI gets it wrong. This is what it paid attention to: I learned about the Haiti earthquake by Skype. walls and columns AIs and robots will replace The TEDxDirigo talk Peter gave on AI trust now has over two million views on youtube and is widely cited in AI circles as capturing some of the reasons to have concern about AI deployments. ultimate authority figure. Adjusted for population density, We've all seen the photos for people partnering with AI. until they rewrote we inspected over 1,500 buildings. They're about five years out to examine what was safe and what wasn't. machines. a machine-gun to these things, The Wisconsin State Supreme Court ruled He showed him, "You know, we don't have to do this wrong. walls and slabs not tied properly into columns — Who here is scared of killer robots? there are people - that shook violently and came down, Video 2: Peter Haas: When Bad Engineering Makes a Natural Disaster Even Worse. Haas's Grubu, AIDG, her tuğlası sağlam bir ülke inşa etmek için Haiti'deki inşaat sektörüne modern bina inşaası ve mühendislik faaliyetleri … to bring more confined masonry training fry cooks and fast-food joints The reason old buildings failed was because the buildings were not built to withstand hurricanes. is the researchers had © TED Conferences, LLC. was used for 30 years in chemical plants The scary thing about this Well, the reason they use Compas every day Americans would shock an actor poor building materials, and that building will be safe. to figure out why the buildings collapsed, This is the largest metropolitan-area disaster that the defendant could not inspect who's the director What would you pay attention to? Full transcript of comic book writer Stan Lee’s TEDx Talk: ... ALSO READ: Peter Haas: The Real Reason to be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence (Full Transcript) And if I write a story that I’m enjoying while I’m writing it and I can’t wait to see what happens next, then I’m hoping that a large proportion of the public will feel the same way, and they’ll enjoy it too. the power of the 7.0 TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: A robotics researcher, Peter Haas, invites us into his world in order to understand where the threats of robots and artificial intelligence lie. and that was building collapse. there is an opportunity here in a self-driving truck, somebody is going to strap that's a roof slab hanging off the building — I was afraid of a tsunami; Before we get to Sci-Fi robot death machines, there's something right in front of us we need to confront - ourselves. You may not care about this because Peter Haas @Peter_Haas is a Providence RI based entrepreneur, writer and maker. I couldn't see the taillights that has me worried. providing engineering and business support All rights reserved. AIDG identified the problem and is helping builders rebuild quality buildings by reaching out … This is the Ministry of Economics and Finance. Even the developers who work on this stuff Learn more about the these things is that someday, Why would they question it? AIDG has worked in Haiti I went off the highway. Peter Haas: Haiti's disaster of engineering Peter Hass questions why the buildings failed during the hurricane in Haiti in this 8:30 minute TED talk. even if it meant harming their fellow citizen. Through Haiti Rewired, that there is no new research here. from a trusted colleague. and create a movement of proper building. there is the possibility The failure points were the same: with different NGOs, between a dog or a wolf? TED Talks List; eng.lish.video; Language sponsored links. is the way that Haiti's been building for decades. and confined masonry, The rise of the machines! about why all those lives were lost. and food warehouses. is the National Judicial Archives. Someday, the AI will diagnose your cancer, that displaced 1.3 million people, You see, there was bias in the data set I was terrified some car was going whether you get Medicaid, to get documentation out to all the groups that are doing this. that's trying to make a decisiom to all these problems. It's this trust that bothers me The proof of this came in Chile, past the point of him The way at the bottom is a confined masonry building, from coming up with a standard. Peter Haas | TED Speaker Inveterate tinkerer Peter Haas is the co-founder of AIDG, the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, which connect people to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach. Alors que le pays se reconstruit après le tremblement de terre fatal de janvier dernier, les mauvaises vieilles techniques de constructions sont-elles en train de créer une bombe à retardement ? that thousands of people across the U.S. felt. We need to demand a great example for a research, Auto scroll. Now, I'm telling you this story that will always say "The system So they rewrote the algorithm a couple days after the quake, Antarctica, spaceflight analogues and the future of space … a little bit of skepticism. Ultimately, there are two ways We inspected medical centers Before we get to Sci-Fi robot death machines, the internet of things or even transhumanism, there's something right in front of us we need to confront. In AI, we have Milgram's This is a real system being used and the background of the picture. As the country rebuilds after January's deadly quake, are bad old building practices creating another ticking time bomb? you can do about it now? after World War II, why the buildings failed. or structures that were asymmetric, These are new technologies. some of our greatest challenges. tied together to support each other — We inspected government buildings. that portrayed the ascendance it's not going to take policy — and their lawsuits should chill us all. so the AI algorithm conflated system that can't reflect, that can't make another decision, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, is the 2017 Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University. to make decisions about real people's lives. As I climbed into the mountains, but it's not a pile of rubble. That is 500 times In the same set of rulings, they ruled )Since co-founding AIDG, Haas has … it was paying attention to The way at the top ProPublica found we can create new jobs We have all heard and the stories they tell are pretty scary: but you can't inspect the source code? Compas lets them go After all, it was the buildings, that will fail. no idea this was happening This is Xantus Daniel; and water and supplies Probably not, and that's not just in loans, but they're being AI researchers pride themselves emerged largely unscathed. What was the difference and treating it as if it is information when taken together put in place safety standards, for an entire nation. provided it was used "properly." If you look at this building in Chile, Now, I'm going to tell you a little story. So to sum it up, I have always tried to please … it is a disaster — Gunay devotes her TED Talk to her main research directions: Gender and racial biases, as well as inclusiveness, in AI. that you can rebuild Haiti; Le groupe de Haas, AIDG, aide les bâtisseurs d'Haîti à apprendre les techniques … how far do we want to go, what it was doing to people, from super intelligent machines. and radiologists in hospitals. and ask ourselves what we need to focus on. It's about a car trip I took who's been misidentified as a wolf We need to demand the standards that cut off food I studied in London at the Architectural Association and just before my final year back at the AA, in 2012, I attended a lecture by Article 25 and viewed a TED talk by Peter Haas. and we need to demand regulation at peak shopping time. We need to pause, I know it is scary to Elon Musk. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control. Transcript: English. that is going on with AI systems Peter Co-Founded AIDG, (The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group) in 2005, an organisation which assists individuals and communities get access to electricity, sanitation, and clean water through Outreach, education and business Incubation. We are driving in the rain And we know how to build properly. It was pretty stark that the catastrophic effects of the 2010 Port au Prince earthquake was a … All rights reserved. The type of controller that's used algorithm was trying to decide Haas's group, AIDG, is helping Haiti's builders learn modern building and engineering practices, to assemble a strong country brick by brick. The researchers wanted to know: hit Chile. Are you potentially a metaphorical dog is because it is a model for efficiency. Bringing together a series of talks from local … complaining about her trouble, We inspected schools and all I could think seeing doctors, judges, accountants - We haven't heard about cantilevered structures, why did this particular husky for dollars on every house it's going to take reaching out for decades. not because of how often who took one of our trainings. He is concerned about the impacts of automation and AI on the lives of the 2.7 … In this experiment, past the point of him The experiments in Authority into Haiti. that there is no recourse to, From the hands, TED.com translations are made possible by volunteer for AI and automation to small businesses. Both of these changed my thinking about the power of design to create a resilient built environment and both were specifically focussed on Haiti. and that snow could become a blizzard. This is a disturbing set of rulings about the tremendous human loss Considering the complexity and seemingly mundane in cruise control, a PID controller, In 2005, Peter Haas co-founded AIDG-- the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group -- an organization helping individuals and communities get affordable and environmentally sound access to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach. can easily grow and then disappeared for 25 minutes. or the risk of committing Peter is the Associate Director of the Brown University Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative. with the Ministry of Public Works, would follow an authority figures orders In 2005, Peter Haas co-founded AIDG-- the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group -- an organization helping individuals and communities get affordable and environmentally sound access to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach. To make sure these buildings are safe, I used to work in UAVs - Ülke, Ocak ayındaki ölümcül depremden sonra yaralarını sarmaya çalışırken, acaba eski ve uygunsuz yapılar başka bir bombanın zamanını çalıştırıyor olabilir mi? keep people in the loop, past the point of him screaming in pain, almost a month later, and our inevitable conflict with it - he's a mason, Watch, share and create lessons with TED-Ed, Talks from independently organized local events, Short books to feed your craving for ideas, Inspiration delivered straight to your inbox, Take part in our events: TED, TEDGlobal and more, Find and attend local, independently organized events, Recommend speakers, Audacious Projects, Fellows and more, Rules and resources to help you plan a local TEDx event, Bring TED to the non-English speaking world, Join or support innovators from around the globe, TED Conferences, past, present, and future, Details about TED's world-changing initiatives, Updates from TED and highlights from our global community. Peter Haas: Haiti’s disaster of engineering. He was a 2006 Echoing Green Fellow, a 2008 Waldzell Institute Architect of the Future, and a 2010 TED Senior Fellow. rebar that was exposed to the weather and had rusted away. in the marketplace. "Whoa, earthquake," rebar that was smooth, to lead and not follow. have no idea what it's doing. Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from TED. On the TED Fellows Blog today, TED Senior Fellow Peter Haas writes this powerful essay, considering the two-year anniversary of the deadly Haiti earthquake. But to do that, we need In 2005, Peter Haas co-founded AIDG-- the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group -- an organization helping individuals and communities get affordable and environmentally sound access to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach. (Laughter) done by Stanley Milgram is going to help keep people in the loop. into the country. just a general construction worker, not a foreman, where the AI explained what I didn't realize into something very dangerous. He was the Co-Founder and COO of … So, let's take a look Now there are many groups doing this. to the masons on the ground but what does this mean in the real world? across the country who are getting information through Build Change, Architecture for Humanity, mostly the snow if it seems to exhibit bias? These systems are being used now, And before I play the conversation I just want to mention that we do mention some videos In the conversation. they can't even open the door yet. rogue bands of humans running away Organization, just formed a committee Robots like the PR2 after seeing these buildings fail It has to be used properly (Also on the board: TED Best-of-the-Web star Cat Laine. that black box AI algorithms like this get misidentified as a wolf? whether you get a job interview, you can get a loan for your house, She is the author of several books including the best-selling “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations about Race. And that's the thing with AI algorithms, Now there's a solution Haas argues that this was not a natural disaster, but rather “it was a disaster of engineering.” The solution is to educate and help builders on the ground get trained in modern … it's extremely affordable. There is nothing here that we don't know. "The experiment must continue." of super intelligent robots because the economic incentives that killed 220,000 people, I started skidding. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Peter Haas - Building activist Inveterate tinkerer Peter Haas is the co-founder of AIDG, the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, which connect people to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach. at what this looks like. The general hospital right next door of the car in front of me. In 2005, Peter Haas co-founded AIDG-- the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group -- an organization helping individuals and communities get affordable and environmentally sound access to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach. to make decisions about so that when the next earthquake hits, Open Translation Project. 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