Tag: Algorithms

AI & Data Fairness & Bias

AI Bias, Algorithms, Fairness, Inclusivity

Author: Kathleen Walch, Ronald Schmelzer; Publisher: AI & Data Today; Publication Year: N/A. The following podcast focusses on how building frameworks can help avoid the pitfalls associated with bias and fairness in artificial intelligence (AI).…
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WiDS podcast Episode 28, Karen Hao, Covering AI and Ethics Washing in the Tech Industry

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics Washing, Facebook, Misinformation, Silicon Valley

Author: Margo Gerritsen, Karen Hao; Publisher: Women in Data Science Podcast; Publication Year: N/A. In the following podcast episode, the focus is on Karen Hao who wrote an influential article in MIT Technology Review describing…
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This is How AI Bias Really Happens—and Why It’s So Hard to Fix

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning

Author: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how over the past few months, its been documented how the vast majority of artificial intelligence’s (AI) applications today are based…
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A New Vision of Artificial Intelligence for the People

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Assimilation, Colonialism, Community Data, Data Collection, Maori Language, Natural Language Processing Technology

Author: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, Karen Hao writes the final story in a 5 part series on artificial intelligence (AI) colonialism. Parts 1 through 4 were…
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Facebook’s Ad-Serving Algorithm Discriminates by Gender and Race

Advertisements, AI Bias, Algorithms, Discrimination, Facebook, Machine Learning

Author: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following article describes how people may have seen personalized Facebook advertisements on their feed. As it turns out, that algorithm, based on machine learning,…
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Big Data Ethics

Algorithms, Big Data, Big Data Divides, Consent, Ownership

Author: Jonny Robinson; Publisher: Hurree; Publication Year: 2021. The following article/infographic goes over 5 main topics when it comes to ethics around big data: informed consent, privacy, ownership, algorithms/objectivity, and the big data divide. They…
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Can You Hear the Will of the People in the Vote? Assessing Fairness in Redistricting via Monte Carlo Sampling

Algorithms, Congressional Maps, Election, Equity, Fairness, Gerrymandering, Voting Preferences

Author: Jonathan Mattingly; Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Publication Year: 2021. The following video is the author presenting his research on how local, state, and national elections depend on the underlying maps that…
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LAPD Ended Predictive Policing Programs Amid Public Outcry. A New Effort Shares Many of Their Flaws

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Crime Information, Predictive Policing

Author: Johana Bhuiyan; Publisher: The Guardian; Publication Year: 2021. The following article describes how since the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), cities have been incorporating the use of AI to stop potential crimes. One strategy…
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At Google Cloud, A.I. Ethics Requires ‘Iced Tea’ and ‘Lemonaid’

Algorithms, Computer Vision, Google, Model Building, Training Data, Universal Algorithm

Author: Jeremy Kahn; Publisher: Fortune; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how in Google’s Cloud business, manufacturing customers desired using Google’s computer vision to search for and detect defects in their products on their…
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