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blog post
CIGIMadeleine Clare Elish explains the "moral crumple zone." Read on CIGIJune 2020 -
Academic Article
Social Science Research NetworkBecause AIAs are still an incipient governance strategy, approaching them as social constructions that do not require a single or universal approach offers a chance to produce interventions that emerge from careful deliberation. Read on Social Science Research NetworkMay 2020 -
podcast
video
Data & SocietySasha Costanza-Chock re-imagines how design led by marginalized communities can become a tool to help dismantle structural inequality, advance collective liberation, & support ecological survival. Read moreApril 2020 -
blog post
PointsWhat does it mean to do “ethics” in the technology industry? We found four overlapping meanings. Read on PointsApril 2020 -
op-ed
Harvard Business ReviewManny Moss and Jake Metcalf examine the tensions arising in new ethics initiatives at tech companies. Read on Harvard Business ReviewNovember 2019 -
event
video
Data & SocietyIn this talk, Data & Society Fellow Mutale Nkonde discusses governance in the age of AI. Read moreJune 2019 -
Longform
Data & SocietyHow can we do less harm to communities of color with the technology we create? In their new paper Advancing Racial Literacy in Tech, Data & Society 2018-19 Fellows Jessie Daniels and Mutale Nkonde and 2017-18 Fellow Dara... Read moreMay 2019 -
Academic Article
Engaging Science, Technology, and SocietyIn this article, Research Lead Madeleine Clare Elish investigates who bears the responsibility when an automated system fails. "Just as the crumple zone in a car is designed to absorb the force of impact in a crash, the human ... Read on Engaging Science, Technology, and SocietyMay 2019 -
blog post
PointsThe Algorithmic Accountability Act is a great first step, and regulators who are tasked with implementing it should take sociotechnical frames into account. "A sociological lens can help illuminate appropriate points of inst... Read on PointsApril 2019 -
video
DatabitesData & Society Fellow Jeanna Matthews speaks about algorithmic accountability and transparency within the context of the criminal justice system. Important decisions in our society are being made evermore frequently by o... Read moreJune 2018