
Digital Ethics
Cindy Gallop on Twitter
'A bio for Donna Strickland, the physicist who invented a technology used by all the high-powered lasers in the world, was created on Wikipedia. In less than 6 mins it was flagged for a “speedy deletion” & shortly thereafter erased from the site' @ftripodi https://t.co/OAGfmJqPJJ— Cindy Gallop (@cindygallop) June 28, 2021
Emerald: Title Detail: The Emerald International Handbook of Technology Facilitated Violence and Abuse by Jane Bailey
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online This handbook features theoretical, empirical, policy and legal analysis of technology facilitated violence and abuse
Adversa AI Red Team Invents Technology for Ethical Hacking of Facial Recognition Systems - PRNewswire - Fior Reports
Tel Aviv, Israel, June 25, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Adversa AI, the leading startup for Trusted AI Research, has demonstrated a new way to attack AI facial recognition applications. … Read More
Does Your AI Model Know What It’s Talking About? Here’s One Way To Find Out.
When you ask AI models a question, they are programmed to give you an answer—even if they know little to nothing about the subject. Model overconfidence is the reason why many AI deployments fail. But a solution exists—and if your model isn't using it, you might not want to trust its judgments.
Carl T. Bergstrom on Twitter
1. We have a new paper out in PNAS today, in which we address the harm wrought by dramatically restructuring human communication of the span of a decade, with no aim other than selling ads. It might be the most important paper of my career.https://t.co/sBWZtr9ZyE— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) June 21, 2021
Stewardship of global collective behavior
Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans, information flows were initially shaped by natural selection yet are increasingly structured by emerging communication technologies. Our larger, more complex social networks now transfer high-fidelity information over vast distances at low cost. The digital age and the rise of social media have accelerated changes to our social systems, with poorly understood functional consequences. This gap in our knowledge represents a principal challenge to scientific progress, democracy, and actions to address global crises. We argue that the study of collective behavior must rise to a “crisis discipline” just as medicine, conservation, and climate science have, with a focus on providing actionable insight to policymakers and regulators for the stewardship of social systems.
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Ethical Concerns in the future of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly improving, becoming an embedded feature of almost any type of software platform you can imagine, and serving as the foundation for countless types of digital assistants. It’s used in everything from data analytics and pattern recognition to automation and speech replication.
The potential of this technology has sparked imaginative minds for decade...
Accidental Wiretaps: The Implications of False Positives By Always-Listening Devices For Privacy Law & Policy by Lindsey Barrett, Ilaria Liccardi :: SSRN
Always-listening devices like smart speakers, smartphones, and other voice-activated technologies create enough privacy problems when working correctly. But the