Category: News Article
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When Does Predictive Technology Become Unethical?
Author: Eric Siegel; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how through the use of machine learning, we can figure out a lot about a person such as their race and…
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The Ethical Dilemma at the Heart of Big Tech Companies
Administrative Regulations, Algorithmic Accountability Documentation, Business, Human Resource Decisions, Investment PrioritiesAuthor: Emanuel Moss, Jacob Metcalf; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how for better or worse, the parameters of ethically-developed business processes will drive future administrative regulations, algorithmic accountability documentation,…
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ICE Doubles Down On Controversial Facial Recognition Technology
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Biometric Data, Clearview, Facial Recognition Systems, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Surveillance, TransparencyAuthor: Eloise Goldsmith; Publisher: Who What Why; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how Clearview artificial intelligence (AI) has a database with up to 10 billion faces and has biometric identifiers as well. U.S.…
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How an Algorithm Meant to Help Parents Could Target Poor Families Instead
Algorithm, Child Welfare, Data Collection, Pennsylvania, Policing, Predictions, Universally Available DataAuthor: Elizabeth Brico; Publisher: Talk Poverty; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses an algorithm that is being implemented in Allegheny County, PA that is intended to assist its child welfare programs by predicting which…
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Closing the Public Health Ethics Gap
Author: Efthimios Parasidis, Amy L. Fairchild; Publisher: The New England Journal of Medicine; Publication Year: 2022. The following article argues that a lack of professional ethicists on public health teams during the pandemic was a…
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How Flawed Data Aggravates Inequality in Credit
Author: Edmund L. Andrews; Publisher: Stanford University; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) models used to determine credit worthiness for lending are less accurate for lower-income and minority borrowers, in…
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Can the Film Industry Be Trusted with AI Technology?
Author: Ed Lamb; Publisher: The New Statesman; Publication Year: 2021. The following article addresses the recent documentary about chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain, where artificial intelligence (AI) was used to recreate his voice in…
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What Scientists Have Learnt from COVID Lockdowns
Author: Dyani Lewis; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how data can be used to compare countries’ performances in the COVID-19 lockdown. There was a controversial article that boldly claimed that lockdowns…