The Struggle to Make AI Less Biased Than Its Creators
The dirty little secret is out about artificial intelligence. No, not the one about machines taking over the world. That’s an old one. This one is more insidious. Data scientists, AI experts and others have long suspected it would be a problem. But it’s only within the last couple of years, as AI or some …
Analyzing and Preventing Unconscious Bias in Machine Learning
This article is based on Rachel Thomas’s keynote presentation, “Analyzing & Preventing Unconscious Bias in Machine Learning” at QCon.ai 2018. Thomas talks about the pitfalls and risk the bias in machine learning brings to the decision-making process. She discusses three use cases of machine learning bias.
Brooke Watson on Twitter
just learned with horror that deleting any of the "family" emojis in google slides does not remove the emoji, but rather kills off each individual family member one by one, starting with the children pic.twitter.com/0v2s8Bx91n— Brooke Watson (@brookLYNevery1) August 29, 2019
The Plan to Use Fitbit Data to Stop Mass Shootings Is One of the Scariest Proposals Yet
In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in America, loved ones grieve, gun control advocates call for common-sense reforms, and politicians suggest new “solutions” that won’t do anything about guns. These proposals frequently focus on mental health, but a new plan before the White House to monitor “neurobehavioral” predictors of violence isn’t just misguided, it’s terrifyingly dystopian.
Dirty Data, Bad Predictions: How Civil Rights Violations Impact Police Data, Predictive Policing Systems, and Justice by Rashida Richardson, Jason Schultz, Kate Crawford :: SSRN
Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using predictive policing systems to forecast criminal activity and allocate police resources. Yet in numerous jurisdi
Abed A. Ayoub on Twitter
New normal — At least twice a month I have clients denied entry because of something in their WhatsApp. Most of the time its pictures or videos forwarded to them in a WhatsApp Group. Many tools being used to stop immigrants from legally entering. pic.twitter.com/ewIUswSCsy— Abed A. Ayoub (@aayoub) August 22, 2019
Visual Thinking: Jessica Helfand on Invention, the Studio as Sanctuary, and Being a Collector
By Julia Gamolina, cover portrait by Maggie Peters Jessica Helfand is an artist, designer, and writer. She is a co-founder of Design Observer, and the co-host of two podcasts: The Observatory , and The Design of Business | The Business of Design . She has
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Privacy campaigners warn of UK facial recognition 'epidemic'
Investigation uncovers widespread use in museums and shopping centres
Three things digital ethics can learn from medical ethics
Ethical codes, ethics committees, and respect for autonomy have been key to the development of medical ethics — elements that digital ethics would be advised to emulate.
Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic
Exclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape future
Key Considerations for the Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition technology has grown tremendously in both capability and availability over the last few years. It can help us solve difficult problems,
People Are Starting to Realize How Voice Assistants Actually Work
The secrecy surrounding AI products makes even basic information about them a scandal.
Facebook Transcription Opt-In Says Nothing About Human Listeners
Facebook Inc. this week confirmed that it ran a program to allow contractors to listen to and transcribe some users’ audio clips. The social network said that the only people who were affected were those who agreed to have their audio messages transcribed.
Machine – power – morality: Why digitization requires ethics
The first Swiss think tank for digital ethics explores the risks of digitization.
Next European Commission takes aim at AI
Artificial intelligence will be the next GDPR.
Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.