Category: Notable People

When Does Predictive Technology Become Unethical?

Algorithms, China, Facial Recognition Systems, Machine Learning, Private Data, Target, Uighurs

Author: Eric Siegel; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how through the use of machine learning, we can figure out a lot about a person such as their race and…
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The Ethical Dilemma at the Heart of Big Tech Companies

Administrative Regulations, Algorithmic Accountability Documentation, Business, Human Resource Decisions, Investment Priorities

Author: Emanuel Moss, Jacob Metcalf; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how for better or worse, the parameters of ethically-developed business processes will drive future administrative regulations, algorithmic accountability documentation,…
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ICE Doubles Down On Controversial Facial Recognition Technology

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Biometric Data, Clearview, Facial Recognition Systems, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Surveillance, Transparency

Author: Eloise Goldsmith; Publisher: Who What Why; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how Clearview artificial intelligence (AI) has a database with up to 10 billion faces and has biometric identifiers as well. U.S.…
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Internet Research Ethics

Anonymity, Big Data, Consent, Data Confidentiality, Data Tracking, Deception, Ethical Obligations, Minors, Personally Identifiable Information, Surveillance

Author: Elizabeth A. Buchanan; Publisher: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Publication Year: 2021. The following resource discusses how internet research comes with a myriad of ethical questions: What ethical obligations do researchers have to protect the…
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What Responsibilities Does Facebook Have With Our Private Data?

9th Amendment, Data Storage, Differential Privacy, Facebook, Private Data, Public Data, Social Media

Author: Elisa Celis; Publisher: Data Science Ethics; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how Facebook is currently the largest social media platform and stores enormous amounts of data. Facebook has data from a user’s…
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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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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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Data Science Ethics Checklist

Checklist, Data Science, Data Storage, Model Deployment

Author: N/A; Publisher: Driven Data; Publication Year: N/A. The following resource is Deon which is a command line tool that generates an ethics checklist to help decide if your project is an ethical data science…
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The Five Cs: Five Framing Guidelines to Help You Think About Building Data Products

Consent, Consistency, Transparency, Unintended Consequences

Author: DJ Patil, Hilary Mason, Mike Loukides; Publisher: O’Reilly; Publication Year: 2018. The following article provides 5 guidelines to help build data products in a professional way. These include 1). Consent (making sure you have…
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