Data Brew Season 2, Episode 2: Data Ethics

Author: Databricks; Publisher: Spotify; Publication Year: 2021. The following podcast episode discusses how in the realm of business and marketing, the regulation of fairness and data ethics are essential elements to consider when building a model. A pressing issue caused by lack of data ethics includes the breeding of disparity when decisions based on data are made around people’s fundamental needs as…

Hi-Phi Nation: The Precrime Unit

Author: Barry Lam; Publisher: Hi-Phi Nation; Publication Year: 2019. The following podcast episode explores how the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to increase efficiency in all walks of life has found its way into the world of policing. Barry Lam discusses the case of predictive policing in Los Angeles, showing us the various programs being implemented (e.g., PredPol,…

Time Series for Good

Author: Bahman Rostami-Tabar, Kyle Polich; Publisher: Data Skeptic; Publication Year: 2021. The following podcast episode from the “Data Skeptic” podcast, hosted by Kyle Polich, interviews Bahman Rostami-Tabar about his work with the organization “Forecasting for Social Good.” This organization leads workshops teaching time series analysis and forecasting in underdeveloped countries. One of the ethical…

If Data Could Talk: The Ethics of Visualizing Data on Race

Author: Andy Cotgreave; Publisher: Tableau; Publication Year: 2020. The following podcast episode/video features hosts discussing how our data is not race-neutral, and that we as a society are starting to wake up and be more aware of the inequities that hide within the data. Simply put, data is not just data. Every single data point, attribute, and calculation is a story. We can think that taking…

Philosophy Bites: Peter Railton on AI and Ethics

Author: Peter Railton; Publisher: Philosophy Bites on Podcast Addict; Publication Year: 2022. The following podcast episode talks about the nature of AI from a philosophical lens and asks what kind of moral responsibility should we give to AI. The episode reckons with the question of whether these entities actually have a moral responsibility. The philosopher, Peter Railton, talks about the many issues and…