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MIT Technology ReviewD&S affiliate Sorelle Friedler, with Nicholas Diakopoulos, discuss five principles to hold algorithmic systems accountable. Recent investigations show that risk assessment algorithms can be racially biased, generating scor... Read on MIT Technology ReviewNovember 2016 -
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MIT Technology ReviewD&S advisor Ethan Zuckerman defends usage of video recording of police officers. If video doesn't lead to the indictment of officers who shoot civilians, are we wrong to expect justice from sousveillance? The police who sh... Read on MIT Technology ReviewJuly 2016 -
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SlateD&S researcher Madeleine Clare Elish discusses the complexities of error in automated systems. Elish argues that the human role in automated systems has become 'the weak link, rather than the point of stability'. We need t... Read on SlateJune 2016 -
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New York TimesD&S Advisor Joel Reidenberg considers the scope of the court order compelling Apple to provide "reasonable technical assistance" to help the government hack into one of the San Bernadino attacker's locked iPhone. In sh... Read on New York TimesFebruary 2016 -
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Fusion"In order to best understand the new technologies in our lives, it may be more useful to look to stage magicians than to source code." D&S researcher Tim Hwang discusses recent technological deceptions carried out by dev... Read on FusionNovember 2015 -
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Quartz"In a self-driving car, the control of the vehicle is shared between the driver and the car’s software. How the software behaves is in turn controlled — designed — by the software engineers. It’s no longer true to say that the ... Read on QuartzJuly 2015