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Data & SocietyPredictive policing systems are increasingly used by law enforcement to try to prevent crime before it occurs. But what happens when these systems are trained using biased data? Machine learning algorithms ar... Read moreNovember 2016 -
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ALDE GroupD&S founder danah boyd spoke at the Algorithmic Accountability and Transparency in the Digital Economy panel at the EU Parliament. Read on ALDE GroupNovember 2016 -
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Data & SocietyAs algorithms increasingly mediate education, employment, consumer credit, and the criminal justice system, how do we measure their impact on our society? Tracing her experiences as a mathematician an... Read moreOctober 2016 -
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Data & SocietyIn this Databite, Mr. Hidalgo journeys through two fellowships — his Data & Society Fellowship and construction of a new fellowship for 21st century civic hackers. The first half of the discussion... Read moreJuly 2016 -
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DatabitesAs an increasing number of industries digitize, the economy around data analysis – particularly predictive modeling – has exploded. The problem is, we don’t have any real way to understand, analyze, or predict the accuracy of t... Read moreJuly 2016 -
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Data & SocietyWhen Karen discovered she had a life threatening heart condition, the last thing she expected was to have to worry about software. Now, with a heart device implanted in her body, she has come to understand not only how vulnerab... Read moreJune 2016 -
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DatabitesAlgorithms may now be our most important knowledge technologies, “the scientific instruments of a society at large,” and they are increasingly vital to how we organize human social interaction, produce authoritative knowledge, ... Read moreFebruary 2016 -
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Data & SocietyKate Crawford has suggested that critics of algorithms suffer from a "metaphor gap" in trying to make sense of how algorithmic systems work. In this conversational provocation, Nick Seaver argues that we can usefully think of r... Read moreApril 2015 -
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Tech Policy Lab University of Washington"As policy concerns around intelligent and autonomous systems come to focus increasingly on transparency and usability, the time is ripe for an inquiry into the theater of autonomous systems. When do (and when should) law and p... Read on Tech Policy Lab University of WashingtonApril 2015 -
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin"Algorithms are a part of our daily lives, impacting everything from our Internet searches, to our credit scores, healthcare and policing. As they become more ubiquitous, The Agenda asks whether we should allow ourselves to be ... Read on The Agenda with Steve PaikinMarch 2015