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South Africa’s Private Surveillance Machine is Fueling a Digital Apartheid
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Author: Karen Hao and Heidi Swart; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, Karen Hao writes the second story in a 5 part series on artificial intelligence (AI) colonialism. Heidi Swart, a South African freelance investigative journalist joins her to write this story. This story focuses on how private surveillance firms…
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Amazon Schooled on AI Facial Technology By Turing Award Winner
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Author: Dina Bass; Publisher: Bloomberg; Publication Year: 2019. The following article details 26 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers calling for Amazon to stop selling their AI facial recognition software to police departments. The group joined together after a study came out that the AI software had higher predictive error rates for darker-skinned women. The American Civil…
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The Ethics of Police Using Technology to Predict Future Crimes
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Author: Daniel Munro; Publisher: Maclean’s; Publication Year: 2017. The following article discusses how police agencies are using data collection techniques to perform “predictive” policing to determine where crimes are more likely to happen in the future and by whom. However, there is a major ethical concern revolving around individual privacy. There have been instances of…
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Precrime Unit
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Author: Barry Lam; Publisher: Hi-Phi Nation; Publication Year: 2019. The following podcast episode explores how the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to increase efficiency in all walks of life has found its way into the world of policing. Barry Lam discusses the case of predictive policing in Los Angeles, showing us the various…
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City Raises Concerns About ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection Technology
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Author: Alex Zielinksi; Publisher: Portland Mercury; Publication Date: 2022. The following article discusses ShotSpotter, a technology implemented by cities that uses microphones placed on streetlights, telephone poles, or other tall structures to collect audio data. This data is then used to detect sounds like a gunshot. When that sound is registered by the microphone, ShotSpotter…
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