Digital Ethics

What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity with an algorithm.

Doing poor stats and presenting misleading results is not just sloppy, it's unethical. h/t @CarlMoons @deeksj pic.twitter.com/8vzu2zku2g— Cecile Janssens (@cecilejanssens) September 21, 2018

Rarely has society’s tendency to sympathize with powerful men been so thoroughly on display.

If we want to overcome the systemic issues behind today’s problems, then we need to change the thinking that led to them to begin with.

History is just one long timeline of fails.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a new technology that requires regulation. It is a powerful force that is reshaping daily practices, personal and professional interactions, and environments. For the well-being of humanity it is crucial that this power is used as a force of good. Ethics plays a key role in this process by ensuring that regulations of AI harness its potential while mitigating its risks. AI may be defined in many ways. Get its definition wrong, and any assessment of the ethical challenges of AI becomes science fiction at best or an irresponsible distraction at worst, ...

A progressive Canadian university recently approached me for input on a proposed certificate program in ethics education. I was glad to provide my two-cents worth. This is an area of increasing concern, even alarm, in business and public life. The scandals that have rocked Wall Street, the Church,

As part of Disability Awareness Month, we speak to one of the Fathers of the Internet about his own disability, abandoning the cello for computers and how a squealing hearing aid can spoil a romantic moment.

The problem of theorizing privacy moves on two levels, the first consisting of an inadequate conceptual vocabulary and the second consisting of an inadequate in

Amazon.com Inc's machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.

Advances in technology pose difficult moral questions for humanity — and it is not clear who is responsible for providing answers

Harassment on the platform can be uniquely cruel, and for many it feels like there’s no escape.

People who feel powerful are quicker to change jobs or point out inequity directed at them than are people with less power, a study finds. This may help explain how hierarchies are maintained.

In a thought-provoking new paper, three Yale scientists argue it’s not inequality in life that really bothers us, but unfairness

Amazon is right to reject its sexist AI recruitment system. It was built on a false premise

Once you’ve reached the top, do you have to care what anyone thinks?

The nonprofit’s founder and chairwoman explains her latest initiative: a $3.5M competition in partnership with the Omidyar Network to explore new ways to teach ethics to computer science students.

Large-scale misconduct starts small, so prevention should focus on how employees make decisions.

Wholeness requires personal development of emotional intelligence so we will risk the personal authenticity needed for survival in complexity.

Bristol workshop on 19th February on Eventbrite at Learning To Listen

The bereaved mother still saw the ads after sharing news of her loss on the site and changing her settings.

Automated systems take into account thousands of variables to make decisions that affect our lives. People are calling for more transparency in AI, but not everyone agrees on what constitutes a fair explanation.

Historian Yuval Noah Harari explains why prepping for our future has nothing to do with learning code or building a bunker.

Netflix says it does not track users' race or ethnicity. But in customizing promotions based on users' past viewing history, it can achieve a similar effect.

This is the first of three parts of the Innovation Initiative’s special series on digital rights. To illustrate the complexity of digital…