Dr. Vlasta Sikimić is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science and a member of the Philosophy and Ethics group at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research focuses on the Social Epistemology of Science, Metascience, Philosophy of AI and ML in Science and Philosophy of AI in Education. In this episode, we discuss epistemic equity and tolerance, linguistic injustice, the philosophy of AI, scientific funding, using ML for scientific grant reviews, the epistemology of science and Slavoj Žižek. You can find more of Dr. Sikimić's work at https://vlastasikimic.com/ and https://twitter.com/VlastaSikimic Watch the video version ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. RSam Podcast #37 ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ {Reference Links} Dr. Sikimić's work: https://vlastasikimic.com/publications/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13164-020-00504-7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13194-022-00478-6 https://vlastasikimic.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/sikimiceip18.pdf On the discovery of the connection between HPV and cancer: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442215214/Catching-Cancer-The-Quest-for-Its-Viral-and-Bacterial-Causes On diversity and inclusion: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02691728.2023.2258831 On the lab space gap: https://www.science.org/content/article/women-scientists-famed-oceanography-institute-have-half-lab-space-men On the diversity of thoughts: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-009-9194-6   Sabina Leonelli's on data: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053951714534395 Speciesist bias in AI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-022-00199-9 Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women Slavoj Žižek's work: https://philpapers.org/archive/SLAPSC.pdf https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1013322.Did_Somebody_Say_Totalitarianism_ --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at [email protected], and we can sort it out. Thank you.