Re: Towards adopting stratml for the AIKRCG 'strategy': Meeting Report

Milton:

Reference to KAIROS is to highlight that the experimental approach of using
publically available Schemas/Models/Templates as KR is not our own
invention. I am not aware of any AIKRCG member participation in any RFI/RFP
of any kind. UIMA is the only framework that I know of that covers one
aspect of KM used for AI (tools, and annotators, facilitating the analysis
of unstructured content)

Carl

It was a pleasure to clarify


On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:25 PM ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <
metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:

> With regard to the original objectives of the W3 AI-KR CG, and global
> initiatives for (the ethical use of) AI, and its current relevance for
> disease control issues related to COVID-19, can we please in defining a
> strategy for use of StratML in AI-KR, independently of KAIROS?
>
> In too many areas I have surveyed and looked into for research on my Smart
> City framework model I have encountered government contracts on highly
> controversial issues, hinting at military applications, which are highly
> suspect in terms of lack of adequate and transparent oversight and
> accountability.
>
> Since both the European Union and the UN stress the ethical use of AI I
> would where possible like to steer clear of any military programs or
> projects.
>
> There should be a Chinese wall (pardon the pun) separating what individual
> members of the W3 AI-KR CG aspire to do or to participate in RFPs for
> defense contracts and what we do as a collective in the form of a community
> group.
>
> As a Dutch/European Union citizen I feel very strongly about this. That
> our efforts may have military applications is not the issue, but we should
> center our efforts on civilian frameworks of reference.
>
> If we can find a civilian framework similar in scope and objectives to
> KAIROS to use alongside KAIROS I would be more at ease.
>
> Just wanting to make explicit my ethical point of view.
>
> Milton Ponson
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>
>
> On Thursday, May 14, 2020, 11:10:28 AM ADT, carl mattocks <
> carlmattocks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Towards adopting stratml for the AIKRCG 'strategy' ...
> Given we are AIKR ... we understand that Kairos  signifies a proper or
> opportune time for action  and our usage of StratMl to EXPLAIN makes us
> interested in Knowledge-directed Artificial Intelligence Reasoning Over
> Schemas (KAIROS) DARPA-SN-19-19 .
>
> Our discussions have focused on:
> StratML is our Schema start point  for reasoning, as in, the performance
> of AIKR   inference
> <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inferences>s is scoped /
> weighed by the declared strategy.
> AIKR reasoning uses KRID identifiers and data (aka metadata) properties,
> such as KR TYPE.
> KR Types include Declarative and Imperative  (aka procedural).
>
>  Carl
>
> Chair AIKRCG
> It was a pleasure to clarify
>
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 7:37 AM Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> It is under Owen and Chris's leadership that we are making some progress
> towards
> adopting stratml for the AIKRCG 'strategy'
>
> In sum. what are we doing/planning to do as a group is going to be
> documented in the plan. and although we are still working  things out, as
> we do have moments of brilliance and outbursts of productivity we can put
> them down in this stratml plan on the stratnav app so that they ll be a
> record of that. should be useful. I apologize again for being very tired
> but 9 pm is very late for me. especially when I have had a full day incl
> other calls etc-
>
> a few notes below
>
>
> the plan being developed here
> <https://www.stratnavapp.com/StratML/Part1/413d648b-bd36-418d-af74-e15b0cd8281d/Styled>.
> if anyone is inspired to chip in pls ask editing pass to Chris on this list
>
>
>
> With reference to our Frameworks goal
> <https://www.stratnavapp.com/StratML/Part1/413d648b-bd36-418d-af74-e15b0cd8281d/Styled#Goal_f1a62bb5-9910-4052-946a-344c0e22272f>,
> I will endeavor to render in StratML Part 2 format any frameworks that may
> be discovered and available on the Web.  Please apprise me of any of which
> you are aware.
>
> To clarify -  Jorge aske whether we are using any framework of reference
> for our work. which loosely attempts  to study explainability for machine
> learning. That particular goal for our CG may need to be refined a little -
> I dont think a frameworks exists as such (strategies, methods) but there is
> interesting work being done, which I dont think is a framework yet. rather
> a compilation of possible techniques. the effectiveness of which may need
> to be evaluated in the field. So to answer the question, methods to address
> explainability of ML exist but
> a) I dont think are frameworks/strategies - this may be our goal? to
> gather what is in the field and make a framework?
> b) evaluation criteria for the effectiveness of these methods may not yet
> be studied, again
> could this be our work? I am doing some research in this direction but not
> yet conclusive
>  I volunteered to take up this task and shall soon update the plan with
> some links but  I am putting together a presentation-
>  anyone want to contribute?
>
> The caveat is that  statistical pronability and non parametric methods in
> ML are  unpredictable by definition
> https://machinelearningmastery.com/uncertainty-in-machine-learning/
> http://mlg.eng.cam.ac.uk/zoubin/talks/mit12csail.pdf
>
> (this is not my field at all, does anyone care to expand?)
> so I am not sure how to address this unpredictability other than with the
> question
>
> Can we use known symbolilc KR to  explain ML?
>
> In the meantime, this Google site-specific query
> <https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=AI+framework&btnG=Google+Search&domains=stratml.us&sitesearch=stratml.us>
> of the StratML collection turns up about 29 hits on the terms "AI
> framework".  Here's <https://www.modzy.com/platform-and-marketplace/> the
> top paid ad-placed hit (not yet in the StratML collection but soon to be).
>
> thanks -  how do we query for ML explainability framework (a bit more
> precise semantically in relation to what we are doing here)
>
> KRID -  Carl is putting forward a category/concept/type  whereby KR is
> identified
> so KRID = some value to describe KR identity
> Carl started by suggesting the top level distinction for this concept
> would be
> declarative/procedural
> i  do not yet have an opinion about this, but would request Carl to start
> sketching out
> the taxonomy for KRID as he envisions it. so that we can have a discussion
> about it
> One considertation is: to what extent is declarative/procedural knowledge
> relevant to support ML?  or is KRID intended for AI in general (not ML) .
> Carl perhaps you should create this as a goal for yourself.Also could you
> clarify the relation of KRID to KAIROS?
>
> Thanks!
>
> PDM
>
>