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Fordham Law ReviewThis paper is a response to calls for explainable machines by Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Andrew Selbst and Affiliate Solon Barocas. "We argue that calls for explainable machines have failed to recognize the connec... Read on Fordham Law ReviewMarch 2018 -
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Data & SocietyWhat is Precision Medicine? is a general audience white paper by Dr. Kadija Ferryman and Mikaela Pitcan that introduces and outlines the emerging field of precision medicine; the effort to collect, integrate and analyze multiple sources of data in order to develop individualized insights about health and disease. Read moreFebruary 2018 -
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PointsArtificial intelligence is increasingly being used across multiple sectors and people often refer to its function as "magic." In this blogpost, D&S researcher Madeleine Clare Elish points out how there's nothing magical abo... Read on PointsJanuary 2018 -
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PointsD&S founder and president sings praise for Virginia Eubank's new book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. "This book should be mandatory for anyone who works in social service... Read on PointsJanuary 2018 -
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MediumData & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf argues for an ethical approach to data science and offers strategies for future research. "On the one hand, it is banally predictable that the consequences of machine-learning-enable... Read on MediumNovember 2017 -
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DatabitesTim O'Reilly shares insights from his book WTF: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us (Harper Collins, 2017). WTF? can be an expression of amazement or an expression of dismay. In today’s economy, w... Read moreOctober 2017 -
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Centre for Public ImpactIn late August, D&S Researcher Anne Washington talked real-world implications of AI with the Centre for Public Impact's Joel Tito. Who wants to talk about the end of the world? CPI’s Joel Tito and Data & Society’s Anne... Read on Centre for Public ImpactOctober 2017 -
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DatabitesData & Society Fellow Ravi Shroff studies the development and implementation of predictive models for decision making in city and state government. This talk covers Shroff’s research on improving decision making within poli... Read moreJune 2017 -
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Ford Foundation blogD&S affiliate Wilneida Negrón details the role of bots and automation in activism today. As everyone from advertisers to political adversaries jockey for attention, they are increasingly using automated technologies and pr... Read on Ford Foundation blogMay 2017 -
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DatabitesEric Horvitz breaks down societal and technological complications of using AI. Artificial intelligence (AI) is at an inflection point and is poised to move into the open world and into our lives in ma... Read moreApril 2017