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PointsD&S fellow Anne L. Washington published a Points piece responding to Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "Complex models with high stakes require rigorous periodic taste tests. Unfortunately most organizations us... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S practitioner-in-residence Mark Van Hollebeke discusses Weapons of Math Destruction in this Points piece. "O’Neil’s analysis doesn’t just apply to mathematical models; it applies to societal models. Most of the WMDs t... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Ravi Shroff examines Cathy O'Neil's analysis of criminal justice algorithms, like predictive policing. "There are a few minor mischaracterizations and omissions in this chapter of Weapons of Math Destruction t... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Mark Ackerman develops a checklist to address the sociotechnical issues demonstrated in Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "These checklist items for socio-technical design are all important for polic... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S affiliate Angèle Christin writes a response piece to Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "One of the most striking findings of my research so far is that there is often a major gap between what the top admini... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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Dmlcentral.netD&S researcher Claire Fontaine looks at how school performance data can lead to segregation. In our technocratic society, we are predisposed toward privileging the quantitative. So, we need to find ways to highlight what i... Read on Dmlcentral.netOctober 2016 -
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Knight Foundation blogD&S post-doctoral scholar Caroline Jack attended the O'Reilly Next:Economy Summit and continues the conversation from the summit. In the next economy, the most important skills may be difficult to quantify or commodify—but... Read on Knight Foundation blogOctober 2016 -
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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