The Equality Machine
At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can ha...
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Biased Algorithms - and the importance of good data sets in AI
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274- The Age of the Algorithm - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict i...
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Microsoft is creating an oracle for catching biased AI algorithms - MIT Technology Review
As more people use artificial intelligence, they will need tools that detect unfairness in the underlying algorithms.
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ALGORITHMS HAVE ALREADY GONE ROGUE | Wired Magazine, Tim O’Reilly
Wired Magazine, Tim O’Reilly interview, 2017: "In his new book, Tim O'Reilly identifies the first case of AI run amok—and it's not what you think.
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‘Weapons of Math Destruction’: A Data Scientist’s Warning About Impacts of Big Data - EdSurge News
“These days algorithms have taken on an almost godlike power—they’re up in the (data) clouds, watching everything, passing judgment and leaving us ...
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A Harvard mathematician reveals how algorithms are making police and the courts more biased
Business Insider, 2017, "Cathy O'Neil, a self-proclaimed math nerd and author of "Weapons of Math Destruction" explains how police data leads to b...
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(book) Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.
Cathy O’Neil, book, 2017: “I don’t think mathematical models are inherently evil — I think it’s the ways they’re used that are evil,” says mathemat...
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IBM launches tool aimed at detecting AI bias - BBC News
IBM is launching software which will monitor algorithms in real time and highlight how they make decisions.
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MIT fed an AI data from Reddit, and now it only thinks about murder - The Verge
Researchers at MIT unveiled their latest creation: Norman, a disturbed AI. The point of the experiment was to show how easy it is to bias any artif...
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Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code | Technology | The Guardian
The death of a woman hit by a self-driving car highlights an unfolding technological crisis, as code piled on code creates ‘a universe no one fully...
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600,000 Images Removed from AI Database After Art Project Exposes Racist Bias
The image tagging system that went viral on social media was part of artist Trevor Paglen and AI researcher Kate Crawford's attempts to publicize h...
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How do you fight an algorithm you cannot see? – TechCrunch
That question in the headline was the challenge posed by a group of open knowledge junkies in Germany who wanted to understand how a person’s Schuf...
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This is how AI bias really happens—and why it’s so hard to fix - MIT Technology Review
Bias can creep in at many stages of the deep-learning process, and the standard practices in computer science aren’t designed to detect it.
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Google rewards reputable reporting, not left-wing politics - The Economist
Seek and you shall find Our statistical study revealed no evidence of ideological bias in the search engine’s news tab...
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An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away - New York Times (2020)
Across the United States and Europe, software is making probation decisions and predicting whether teens will commit crime. Opponents want more hum...
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A biased medical algorithm favored white people for health-care programs
A study has highlighted the risks inherent in using historical data to train machine-learning algorithms to make predictions.The news: An algorithm...
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Of course technology perpetuates racism. It was designed that way
Black Americans have seen technology used to target them again and again. Stopping it means looking at the problem differently.
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How to Think about "Implicit Bias"
Amidst a controversy, it’s important to remember that implicit bias is real—and it matters When is the last time a stereotype popped into your m...
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How an Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities.
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Dirty Data, Bad Predictions: How Civil Rights Violations Impact Police Data, Predictive Policing Systems, and Justice
by Rashida Richardson, Jason Schultz, Kate Crawford :: SSRN In a research paper titled “Dirty Data, Bad Predictions,” lead author Rashida Richa...
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How to make a chatbot that isn’t racist or sexist
Hey, GPT-3: Why are rabbits cute? “How are rabbits cute? Is it their big ears, or maybe they’re fluffy? Or is it the way they hop around? No, actua...
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