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Social Data: Biases, Methodological Pitfalls, and Ethical Boundaries
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Author: Alexandra Olteanu, Carlos Castillo, Fernando Diaz, Emre Kiciman; Publisher: Frontiers; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how the promises of social data are many, including understanding “what the world thinks” about a social issue, brand, celebrity, or other entity, as well as enabling better decision-making in a variety of fields…
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Suicide Hotline Shares Data with For-Profit Spinoff, Raising Ethical Questions
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Author: Alexandra Levine; Publisher: Politico; Publication Year: 2022. The following resource describes how one large service that offers crisis help for those in mental distress has faced ethical concerns as it shares customers’ data with a third-party partner. While the company says it is only for good use in order to better provide help to…
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Thwarting Bias in AI Systems
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Author: Alexandra George; Publisher: Carnegie Mellon University; Publication Year: 2018. The following article discusses how some variables can be proxies for variables that are protected classes such as race or gender. It gives an example of how zipcode can be a proxy for race and how gang membership can be a proxy for both race…
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City Raises Concerns About ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection Technology
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Author: Alex Zielinksi; Publisher: Portland Mercury; Publication Date: 2022. The following article discusses ShotSpotter, a technology implemented by cities that uses microphones placed on streetlights, telephone poles, or other tall structures to collect audio data. This data is then used to detect sounds like a gunshot. When that sound is registered by the microphone, ShotSpotter…
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We Invited an AI to Debate its Own Ethics in the Oxford Union – What It Said was Startling
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Author: Alex Connock, Andrew Stephen; Publisher: The Conversation; Publication Year: 2021. The following article describes how an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was invited to debate alongside students in an Artificial Intelligence for Business program at Oxford. The algorithm is called the Megatron Transformer, developed by the Applied Deep Research team at Nvidia. It is trained…
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Capitol Drops ‘Virtual Rapper’ FN Meka After Backlash Over Stereotypes
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Author: Alex Castro; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Year: 2022. The following news article reports recent news regarding an artificial intelligence (AI) “robot rapper” named FN Meka. This rapper’s lyrics, chords, melody, tempo, and sounds were derived and powered by AI. Despite being AI, he was signed to Capitol Music Group. This virtual artist…
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Head to Head: The Ethics of Vaccine Passports and COVID Passes
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Author: Alberto Giubilini, Helen Kennedy; Publisher: The Conversation; Publication Year: 2021. Summary: The following article talks about vaccine passports, a category of tracking tools that verify that someone has received the COVID vaccine and therefore is allowed to enter certain places or has greater freedom of movement because they are generally less dangerous to be…
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Sports Analytics: An Ethical Assessment of Current Regulations, Current Sources of Risk, and Future Sources of Risk
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Author: Alanna Flores; Publisher: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Virginia; Publication Year: 2020. The following resource suggests that the collection of biometric data has incredibly personal information that is often mistreated, and should be owned by the individual so as to not invade any privacy on their behalf. There is a strong…
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Preventing Data Bias: Why Data Ethics Needs a Champion
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Author: Alan Jacobson; Publisher: Digit News; Publication Year: 2022. The following article illustrates data’s profound impact on the world around us today. The author then states the power of automated data decision-making, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and then relates the idea of ethics to AI by stating that if there exists some kind of…
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An Ethical Checklist for Data Science
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Author: Alan Fritzler; Publisher: Data Science for Social Good; Publication Year: N/A. The following article provides a framework for key questions data scientists should ask themselves as they pursue their projects. The article argues that asking these questions is a good way to improve the chance of delivering projects with a truly positive social impact.…
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