Author: Thomas Brewster; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2022. The following video goes over the implementation of facial recognition technology in public places, specifically casinos. Both the creators of the facial recognition technology and another person offering data ethics concerns are featured in this video, so there are both sides to the argument about privacy concerns using data ethics. This facial…
Author: Scott Murray; Publisher: MIT News; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how facial recognition algorithms have been known to be less accurate when detecting darker-skinned individuals, resulting in harmful bias and wrongful use. Rather than combating systemic racism and social inequalities, artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly perpetuating these disparities, demonstrating the great…
Author: Saurabh Mishra; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how data is very important when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as it acts as the fuel source for these methods. One of the few unethical examples that the article made reference to was an unethical use of facial recognition where the U.S.’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used facial…
Author: Sarah E. Bon, Nyasha Junior; Publisher: Hyperallergic; Publication Year: 2020. The following article explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in artistic research and reconstructions. Specifically, the authors explore the hidden human bias behind these technologies that are seemingly objective and scientific. Throughout the article, the authors name numerous examples when unethical and biased…
Author: Richard Van Noorden; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: 2020. In the following article, science journalist Richard Van Noorden discusses how facial recognition technology is being used for malicious purposes. The Chinese government has abused facial recognition technology to profile Uyghurs via mass surveillance (camera networks) in order to send them to “re-education camps.” The algorithm had been…
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 between security, privacy and civil liberties. The ethical analysis will be based on a careful analysis of current facial recognition technology, of its use in Smart CCTV systems…
Author: Patrick Gray; Publisher: TechRepublic; Publication Year: 2022. The following article describes how facial recognition technology undoubtedly has remarkable benefits in our society. In many ways it increases security and accelerates identification for access purposes. However, there are a multitude of ethical concerns that come into play with its usage. The first is transparency. People are uninformed with how their…
Author: Paresh Dave, Jeffrey Dastin; Publisher: Reuters; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how in March, Ukraine’s defense ministry began using a facial recognition software “to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation, and identify the dead.” The technology was actually offered up for Ukrainian use by the developer, Clearview AI. It was unclear to the public (at the time the article was written)…
Author: Mike Bugembe; Publisher: TED; Publication Year: N/A. The following talk discusses how algorithms inherently have bias and there is a common problem of blind faith in data. Blind faith in data is trusting whatever comes from the data output because of our assumptions that data cannot be racist or sexist. The speaker gives an example of a young boy who was arrested wrongfully because face recognition…
Author: Mary Pratt; Publisher: TechTarget; Publication Year: 2021. The following article features artificial intelligence (AI) experts who pointed to a Microsoft-designed chatbot called Tay as an example of how bias works and how it can hurt a business. Microsoft used machine learning and natural language processing technologies to create Tay, a chatbot meant to learn and engage with the online community as if it were a…