Tag: Machine Learning

Google Model Cards: A Proposed First Step

Google, Machine Learning, Transparency

Author: N/A; Publisher: Google Cloud; Publication Year: N/A. The following tool is a proposed method for machine learning transparency similar to Microsoft’s Datasheets for Datasets. It proposes a “card” that comes with each model, designed…
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Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI

Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Explicability, Fairness, Machine Learning, Prevention of Harm

Author: N/A; Publisher: Intrepid Tech Ventures; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how when data ethical considerations comes to mind, many people go straight to ethics relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.…
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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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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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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

Artificial Intelligence, Biased AI, Machine Learning, Personal Information

Author: Dierdre Mask; Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; Publication Year: 2020. The following book does not talk about data ethics per say, it does focus on the ethics on how locations are identified. Having a street…
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How Our Data Encodes Systematic Racism

Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Data Usage, Machine Learning, Policing, Racial Bias

Author: Deborah Raji Publisher: MIT Technology Review Publication Year: 2020 Summary: The following article describes how data nearly always lies, especially within policing systems. White supremacy often appears more violently in the news as gunshots…
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Playing with AI Fairness: Google’s New Machine Learning Diagnostic Tool Lets Users Try on Five Different Types of Fairness

Demographic Parity, Equal Accuracy, Equal Opportunity, Fairness, Google, Group Thresholds, Group Unaware, Machine Learning

Author: David Weinberger; Publisher: What-If Tool; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how Google created a “What-If” visualization tool to test machine learning systems and demonstrate how they perform in regards to different definitions…
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Gaining a Competitive Advantage Through Data Ethics

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Data Ownership, Data Protection, Machine Learning, Transparency

Author: Danielle Clifford; Publisher: Pinsent Masons; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how the data ethics challenge spans multiple vectors. One of the most concerning issues centers around the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
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Conscientious Classification: A Data Scientist’s Guide to Discrimination-Aware Classification

Discrimination, Discrimination Aware, Machine Learning

Author: d’Alessandro B, O’Neil C, LaGatta T.; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2017. The following article describes discrimination in the context of machine learning. The authors discuss how models can be biased even…
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