Category: Research Article

Ethical and Legal Challenges of Artificial Intelligence-Driven Healthcare

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Bad Training Data, Biased AI, Patient Care

Author: Sara Gerke, Timo Minssen, and Glenn Cohen; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2020. The following article is dense, but its biggest takeaway is the impact of getting things wrong is extremely high…
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Gaps in Measuring and Mitigating Implicit Bias in Healthcare

Implicit Association Test, Unconscious Bias

Author: Sally Arif; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2021. The following article focusses on how recent studies have shown that healthcare providers hold unconscious bias through the use of the Implicit Association Test…
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Locating ethics in data science: responsibility and accountability in global and distributed knowledge production systems

Accountability, Data Science, Ethical Implications, Participative Management, Responsibility

Author: Sabina Leonelli; Publisher: The Royal Society; Publication Year: 2016. The following article talks about the challenges produced in data science around the responsibilities and accountabilities of individuals in the industry. The author advocates a…
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The Ethics of Psychological Artificial Intelligence: Clinical Considerations

Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Psychology, Competence, Cultural Diversity, Cybersecurity, Reliability, Transparency

Author: Russell Fulmer, Tonya Davis, Cori Costello, Angela Joerin; Publisher: Wiley Online Library; Publication Year: 2021. In the following article, Russell Fulmer, Tonya Davis, Cori Costello, and Angela Joerin, researchers at Northwestern University, discuss how…
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Observations Online: Finding the Ethical Boundaries of Facebook Research

Facebook, Informed Consent, Public Data, Textual Data

Author: Roxana Willis; Publisher: SAGE Journals; Publication Year: 2017. The following article examines the difficulties of obtaining informed consent online through a Facebook case study. It is proposed that there are at least 2 ways…
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Legal and Human Rights Issues of AI: Gaps, Challenges and Vulnerabilities

Accountability, Algorithmic Transparency, Contestability, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Discrimination, Intellectual Property, Legal Personhood, Unfairness

Author: Rowena Rodrigues; Publisher: Journal of Responsible Technology; Publication Year: 2020. The following article looks at how ethical issues such as algorithmic transparency, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, unfairness, bias and discrimination, lack of contestability, legal personhood issues,…
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The Ethics of Smart Cities and Urban Science

Anticipatory Governance, Data-Driven Urbanism, Dataveillance, Epistemology, Geosurveillance, Smart Cities, Software-Enabled Technology, Urban Big Data, Urbanism

Author: Rob Kitchin; Publisher: The Royal Society; Publication Year: 2016. The following article talks about how software-enabled technologies and urban big data have become essential to the functioning of cities. Consequently, urban operational governance and…
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Data Experts as the Balancing Power of Big Data Ethics

Big Data, Ethical Use, Social Responsbility

Author: Richard Novak; Publisher: ProQuest; Publication Year: 2021. The following source discusses how although Big Data requires prioritization of social responsibility and adherence to data ethics, these areas tend to be understaffed. The 3 major…
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Ethical Aspects of Facial Recognition Systems in Public Places

Civil Liberties, Facial Recognition Systems, Security, Surveillance

Author: Phillip Brey; Publisher: Emerald Insight; Publication Year: 2004. The following essay examines ethical aspects of the use of facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes in public and semipublic areas, focusing particularly on the balance…
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