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PointsHow will the introduction of AI into the field of medicine affect the doctor-patient relationship? Data & Society Fellow Claudia Haupt identifies some legal questions we should be asking. "I contend that AI will not entire... Read on PointsJune 2018 -
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DatabitesIn Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination... Read moreMay 2018 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer explores issues of algorithmic accountability, or the process of assigning responsibility for harm when algorithmic decision-making results in discriminatory and inequitable outcomes. Read moreApril 2018 -
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Fordham Law ReviewThis paper is a response to calls for explainable machines by Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Andrew Selbst and Affiliate Solon Barocas. "We argue that calls for explainable machines have failed to recognize the connec... Read on Fordham Law ReviewMarch 2018 -
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PointsArtificial intelligence is increasingly being used across multiple sectors and people often refer to its function as "magic." In this blogpost, D&S researcher Madeleine Clare Elish points out how there's nothing magical abo... Read on PointsJanuary 2018 -
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PointsD&S founder and president sings praise for Virginia Eubank's new book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. "This book should be mandatory for anyone who works in social service... Read on PointsJanuary 2018 -
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DatabitesTim O'Reilly shares insights from his book WTF: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us (Harper Collins, 2017). WTF? can be an expression of amazement or an expression of dismay. In today’s economy, w... Read moreOctober 2017 -
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DatabitesEric Horvitz breaks down societal and technological complications of using AI. Artificial intelligence (AI) is at an inflection point and is poised to move into the open world and into our lives in ma... Read moreApril 2017 -
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Data & SocietyD&S advisor Claudia Perlich discusses modeling, transparency, and machine learning in a new episode of the Partially Derivative podcast. “One pitfall I see is that it’s easy from a social science perspective to condemn all... Read on Data & SocietyJanuary 2017 -
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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