Category: Podcast

The Harms of Targeted Weight Loss Ads

Digital Footprint, Health Issues, Targeted Advertising, Weight Loss

Author: Liza Gak, Kyle Polich; Publisher: Data Skeptic; Publication Year: 2022. The following podcast episode features Kyle who interviews Liza about her work doing interviews centered on people’s experience with weight loss advertisements. Ethical topics…
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Protecting Individual-Level Census Data with Differential Privacy

Census Data, Data Granularity, Personal Identifiable Information, PII, Right to Privacy

Author: N/A; Publisher: Linear Digressions; Publication Year: 2020. The following podcast episode introduces the idea of personal identifiable information (PII) in reference to census data and weighs the importance of the granularity of data against…
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Racism, the Criminal Justice System, and Data Science

Algorithms, Ethnic Bias, Racial Bias

Author: N/A; Publisher: Linear Digressions; Publication Year: 2020. The following podcast episode discusses how regardless of whether race or ethnicity is included in your algorithm, correlated variables can still instill biases. The variables selected may…
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A Data Science Take on Open Policing Data

Data Quality, Policing, Self-Reporting Bias

Author: N/A; Publisher: Linear Digressions; Publication Year: 2020. The following podcast episode discusses how the quality of data around policing is hit-and-miss based on region. Reporters of data are those being scrutinized, so there is…
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Data Ethics

Data Science, INFORMS Framework

Author: Kyle Polich, Scott Nestler; Publisher: Data Skeptic; Publication Year: 2018. In the following podcast episode, Kyle and Scott discuss that there is not currently a single, industry wide framework for ethics in data science…
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AI & Data Fairness & Bias

AI Bias, Algorithms, Fairness, Inclusivity

Author: Kathleen Walch, Ronald Schmelzer; Publisher: AI & Data Today; Publication Year: N/A. The following podcast focusses on how building frameworks can help avoid the pitfalls associated with bias and fairness in artificial intelligence (AI).…
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WiDS podcast Episode 28, Karen Hao, Covering AI and Ethics Washing in the Tech Industry

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics Washing, Facebook, Misinformation, Silicon Valley

Author: Margo Gerritsen, Karen Hao; Publisher: Women in Data Science Podcast; Publication Year: N/A. In the following podcast episode, the focus is on Karen Hao who wrote an influential article in MIT Technology Review describing…
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A.I. for Good

Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development Goals

Author: James Hodson, Jon Krohn; Publisher: Super Data Science; Publication Year: 2021. The following podcast episode is an interview with James Hodson who founded AI for Good. He started the organization to focus on using…
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The Health Pulse: AI and Bias in Healthcare

Algorithms, Analytics Lifecycle, Healthcare Systems, Risk Assessment

Author: Hiwot Tesfaye, Greg; Publisher: SAS; Publication Year: 2022. The following podcast episode discusses how algorithms in healthcare are often used for accessing risk. Pitfalls come from not understanding how the healthcare system has worked…
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