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BackchannelD&S advisor Susan Crawford discusses how streetlights are becoming a part of the Internet of Things. But the third step was the charm: This past summer, Santa Monica adopted an ordinance requiring that wireless carriers ge... Read on BackchannelOctober 2016 -
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MediumD&S affiliate Wilneida Negrón writes five tips to allow for more inclusive AI research. Although, a step in the right direction, the Partnership on AI does highlight a certain conundrum — what exactly is it that we want ... Read on MediumOctober 2016 -
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MediumD&S affiliate Karen Crawford wrote a compelling piece, sparked by Facebook's censorship of "The Terror of War" photograph, on the social impacts of artificial intelligence. The core issue here isn’t that AI is worse than t... Read on MediumSeptember 2016 -
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EthnographyMatters.netD&S researcher Madeleine Clare Elish asserts ethnography and anthropology's role in studying automation and intelligent systems. Cultural perceptions of the role of humans in automated and robotic systems need to be update... Read on EthnographyMatters.netJune 2016 -
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CultureDigitally.orgD&S Advisor Tarleton Gillespie responds to Gizmodo's recent piece alleging bias in Facebook's Trending Topics list. He argues that information algorithms like the ones used to identify “trends” on Facebook do not work alone... Read on CultureDigitally.orgMay 2016 -
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London School of Economics blogD&S Affiliate Seeta Peña Gangadharan discusses how automated systems have transformed the ways in which our data is processed, analyzed, and used by companies that are not held to account for the potential uses of data that... Read on London School of Economics blogApril 2016