Are you looking for better ways to understand, and keep up with, AI technologies and how AI use and un-principled misuse impact:
People & Places (who & where),
Products & Platforms (what),
Practices & Processes (how & when)?
Wondering why & how to use data and AI tools ethically and wisely in some or all of these contexts?
â6 âPâs in AI Pods (AI6P)â is designed just for you, and itâs FREE! Weâre writing here to share our experiences with AI and data in all 6 âPâs and help you cut through the noise.
We aim to post new content at least weekly - sometimes more often. The world of AI is moving and changing FAST, and isnât likely to slow down any time soon! However, some of our âscuba divesâ take time to research and do justice to the topic.
Our series on the ethics of generative AI for music is an example. In the last 9 months, we published over 40 articles and detailed company profiles in this space.
Our âAI, Software, and Wetwareâ interview series launched on August 1, 2024. Weâve published 36 interviews in 2024 and weekly episodes are continuing in 2025. New audio and text interviews will be posted on Thursdays at 6:06am ET. If available, bonus text-only interviews will be posted on Mondays at 6:06am ET.
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Each of the 6 âPâs has its own newsletter section. Each post will be published in the newsletter section for its primary P, with labels for other âPâs where the content impacts more than one. Thereâs definitely overlap, as this graphic illustrates:
Everything in this newsletter is based on seeing the world of AI and data through the lens of ethics. Principles are really the âpodâ for all 6 âPâs. (We also have a section on AI Fundamentals where we provide gentler introductions to basic concepts.)
To keep email volumes lower, profiles of AI companies are in a separate section now, called profiles. Subscribers are NOT opted into that section by default.
If you care more about some âPâs than others, or if you do want to be notified of new company profiles, you can subscribe or unsubscribe to individual sections as you like, here. Instructions are here.
If youâre interested in a higher-level view on AI and data, or adjacent topics, consider subscribing to Agile Analytics and Beyond, our sibling newsletter (also FREE). I cover little-A agile, Business, Culture, Data (and AI), Equality, and Technology there. You can subscribe to as many or as few sections as you like there, too; instructions are here.
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My collaborators and I come from industry and academia and have decades of experience with data, machine learning, and intelligent systems worldwide.
Weâve analyzed technical and personal data across a broad swath of technical domains: healthcare, aerospace, military, transportation, fleet logistics, datacom, telecom, power grids and devices, clean energy, robotics, industrial automation, and automotive. As a result, weâve gained insights into how techniques and issues can cross over (for better or worse) from one domain to another.
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Starter List
Here are some popular posts to get you started:
âAI, Software, & Wetwareâ interview series (ongoing)
Series on Ethics of Generative AI for Music (ongoing)
More AI ethics:
âFive Dimensions of Responsible AI (and how most tech companies fall short)â (coming soon)
Some AI Fundamentals:
AI technologies: If your interest is more technical, here are some links to recent popular articles on AI agents and technologies (in the Practices & Processes section):
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