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blog post
Brookings InstituteResearcher Robyn Caplan explains why COVID-19 has created a problem of content mediation, rather than moderation, on social media platforms. Read on Brookings InstituteMay 2020 -
op-ed
SlateThe best way to describe what automation means today might be: machines upfront, people in the back. Read on SlateApril 2020 -
Academic Article
ACM FAT* 2020A study of AI in clinical care use, with a particular focus on the sepsis detection system, "Sepsis Watch." Read on ACM FAT* 2020January 2020 -
event
podcast
video
Data & SocietyRuha Benjamin explains how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity. Read moreOctober 2019 -
Academic Article
NatureStudying AI agents as if they are animate moves responsibility for the behavior of machines away from their designers, thereby undermining efforts to establish a professional ethics code for AI practitioners. Read on NatureOctober 2019 -
blog post
PointsChis Ramsaroop of Justicia for Migrant Workers writes about the impacts of automation and surveillance on farm workers. Read on PointsSeptember 2019 -
blog post
PointsPatient satisfaction and the (re)making of healthcare service workers. Read on PointsSeptember 2019 -
blog post
PointsAugust 2019 -
video
KQEDA short video explainer on YouTube's algorithm, created in partnership with PBS's KQED Above the Noise series. Read on KQEDJune 2019 -
event
video
Data & SocietyVeronica Avila explores the roots of restaurant work in slavery and servitude, and how some employers are using the “threat of automation” in order to promote fear within their industry. Read moreJune 2019