Category: 2019

Amazon Schooled on AI Facial Technology By Turing Award Winner

Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Police Activity

Author: Dina Bass; Publisher: Bloomberg; Publication Year: 2019. The following article details 26 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers calling for Amazon to stop selling their AI facial recognition software to police departments. The group joined together…
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Responsible Web Scraping: Gathering Data Ethically and Legally

Application Programming Interfaces, Data Collection, Web Scraping

Author: Denis Kryukov; Publisher: Soshace; Publication Year: 2019. The following resource talks about the ethical ways to scrape the web. Although data on the web is public, obtaining it does not always entail completely ethical…
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Transparency and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Transparency

Author: N/A; Publisher: Deloitte; Publication Year: 2019. The following publication emphasizes the need for artificial intelligence (AI) that is transparent and responsible in that it has been thoroughly tested, is explainable, and has undergone many…
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Managing Data Ethics: A Process-Based Approach for CDOs

Chief Data Officers, Data Context, Data Creep, Data Safeguards, Data Solutions, Online Access

Author: Christopher Wilson; Publisher: Deloitte. Insights; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how businesses are sometimes so concerned about solving issues with data that they ignore the new issues that arise from even using…
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How Community Members in Ramsey County Stopped a Big-Data Plan from Flagging Students as At-Risk

Big Data, Child Welfare, Early Risk Factors, Juvenile Justice System, National Council on Crime and Deliquency

Author: Carrie Pomeroy; Publisher: Twin Cities Daily Planet; Publication Year: 2019. The following article describes how in Minnesota, community members disapproved of an initiative to share data relating to child welfare, education, the juvenile justice…
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Racial Bias in a Medical Algorithm Favors White Patients over Sicker Black Patients

Algorithmic Bias, Algorithms, Cultural Misunderstandings, Healthcare, Racial Bias, Racial Equity, Unconscious Bias

Author: Carolyn Y. Johnson; Publisher: The Washington Post; Publication Year: 2019. The following article describes how algorithms are created with the intention of eliminating bias, such as racial bias, but there are variables that can…
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Big Data and Financial Ethics: The Significant Capabilities of
Artificial Intelligence Necessitate Human Guidance and Input

Discrimination, Machine Learning, Pattern-Based Searches, Subject-Based Searches, Transparency

Author: Billie Trinder; Publisher: Seven Pillars Institute; Publication Year: 2019. The following article argues that external enforcement of ethical principles in data analytics is unfeasible due to the pace of technological advancement and bureaucratic lag.…
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Precrime Unit

Artificial Intelligence, Discrimination, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Police Activity, Predictive Policing

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…
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Bad, biased, and unethical uses of AI

Admissions, Algorithms, Algorithms of Oppression, Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Discrimination, Gender Bias, Hiring Software, LinkedIn, Medical School, Redlining, Transparency, UCLA

Author: Anthony Macciola; Publisher: The Enterprisers Project; Publication Year: 2019. The following article provides 4 examples of bad, biased, or unethical uses of AI, as well as guidance for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) on how…
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