Category: Social Justice
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The BOTT Framework for Practical Data Ethics
Author: Paul Wilton; Publisher: Data Language; Publication Year: 2020. The following framework is for ensuring data ethics in artificial intelligence (AI). BOTT represents bias (analysis of potential bias that may be baked into the model…
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The Ethical Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars
Author: Patrick Lin; Publisher: TED-Ed; Publication Year: 2015. The following video breaks down a real-life ethical decision that has to be made when utilizing automated systems, particularly self-driving cars. The author presents a scenario in…
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Explore Community Technology: Questioning our Digital Environment
Collaborative Design, Community Infrastructure, Community Technology, Digital Justice, Digital Stewardship, Participatory Learning, Self-Governance, SustainabilityAuthor: N/A; Publisher: Community Technology Field Guide; Publication Year: N/A. The following field guide is a collective resource for digital stewardship, digital justice, and community infrastructure. It consists of a neighborhood network construction kit, activities…
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SAM: The Sensitivity of Attribution Methods to Hyperparameters
Author: Naman Bansal, Chirag Agarwal, Anh Nguyen; Publisher: N/A; Publication Year: 2020. The following article provides examples and an accompanying talk that illustrates how in many classification machine learning systems, even more explainable models, not…
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Fairlearn
Author: Miro Dudik; Publisher: Fairlearn; Publication Year: N/A. The following tool is Fairlearn which is a open-source project that helps data scientists improve fairness of their artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It includes a python library…
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Algorithms Are Making Economic Inequality Worse
Author: Mike Walsh; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how the algorithms we design can be used to exploit workers and create an underclass of gig laborers who have no…
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Philosophy of Big Data: Expanding the Human-Data Relation with Big Data Science Services
Author: Melanie Swan; Publisher: Research Gate; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses the Philosophy of Big Data which is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of big…
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Even Artificial Intelligence can Acquire Biases Against Race and Gender
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Biased AI, Discriminatory Practices, Gender Bias, Racial BiasAuthor: Matthew Hutson; Publisher: Science; Publication Year: 2017. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is just an extension of our existing culture. There is a common misconception that since artificial intelligence is automated…
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On IBM Leaving the Facial Recognition Industry
Artificial Intelligence, Clearview, Facial Recognition Systems, IBM, New York Police Department, South Wales PoliceAuthor: Martin Barakov; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how racial recognition technologies have been criticized for their lack of usefulness and ability to generate true positives for years now. This article…