Category: Research Article

AI & Bioterrorism: An Overview of the Ethical Risks Involved

Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Biological Data, Bioterrorism, Data Collection, Data Mining

Author: Tristesse Erasmus; Publisher: Stellenbosch University; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is many times known as a dual-sided sword, sometimes being beneficial, and other times being catastrophic. As the…
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Data Statements for Natural Language Processing: Toward Mitigating System Bias and Enabling Better Science

Data Statements, Natural Language Processing Technology

Author: Emily M. Bender, Batya Friedman; Publisher: MIT Press Direct; Publication Year: 2018. In the following paper, data statements are proposed as a design solution and professional practice for natural language processing technologists, in both…
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On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?

Environmental Costs, Financial Costs, Large Language Model Development, Stereotyping

Author: Emily Bender, Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, Shmargaret Shmitchell; Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library; Publication Year: 2021. The following article enumerates the costs and risks associated with contemporary large language model development.…
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Survey XII: What Is the Future of Ethical AI Design?

Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Data Privacy, Sustainability, Transparency

Author: Elon University; Publisher: Pew Research Center; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses the current public opinion of ethics in artificial intelligence (AI) and where we’re headed. They conducted a survey in 2021 which…
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Data Transparency with Blockchain and AI Ethics

Blockchain Technology, California Data Privacy Law, Decentralized Networks, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation

Author: Elisa Bertino, Ahish Kundu, Zehra Sura; Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library; Publication Year: 2019. The following article provides an overview of how data ethics should be incorporated into decentralized networks and…
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Closing the Public Health Ethics Gap

COVID-19, PREVENT Pandemics Act, Public Health

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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Ethical Challenges Posed by Big Data

Autonomy, Big Data, Consent, Data Collection, Equity, Privacy Protection, Training Data

Author: Edmund G. Howe, Falicia Elenberg; Publisher: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience; Publication Year: 2020. The following paper discusses how Big Data is becoming a larger field within the world of data science as more and…
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Healthcare Researchers Must Be Wary of Misusing AI

Algorithms, Clinical Research, Decision-Making, Machine Learning

Author: Duke-NUS Medical School; Publisher: Science Daily; Publication Year: 2022. The following article advises that strong care needs to be taken not to misuse or overuse machine learning in healthcare research. An international team of…
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Ethics of Collecting and Using Healthcare Data

Consent, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Ethical Data Usage, Institutional Review Boards, Patient Information, Review Committees

Author: Derick Wade; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2007. The following article discusses how ethical review committees are helpful, but the ultimate responsibility of ethical data use in healthcare falls to those organizations…
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