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  • MIT Technology Review
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When algorithms mess up, the nearest human gets the blame

Humans take the blame for failures of AI automated systems, protecting the integrity of the technological system and becoming a “liability sponge.” It is necessary to redefine the role of humans in sociotechnical systems.

  • MIT Technology Review
  • 2019
  • 4 min
  • VentureBeat
  • 2020
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Researchers Find that Even Fair Hiring Algorithms Can Be Biased

A study on the engine of TaskRabbit, an app which uses an algorithm to recommend the best workers for a specific task, demonstrates that even algorithms which attempt to account for fairness and parity in representation can fail to provide what they promise depending on different contexts.

  • VentureBeat
  • 2020
  • 5 min
  • Venture Beat
  • 2021
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Google targets AI ethics lead Margaret Mitchell after firing Timnit Gebru

Relates the story of Google’s inspection of Margaret Mitchell’s account in the wake of Timnit Gebru’s firing from Google’s AI ethics division. With authorities in AI ethics clearly under fire, the Alphabet Worker’s Union aims to ensure that workers who can ensure ethical perspectives of AI development and deployment.

  • Venture Beat
  • 2021
  • 7 min
  • VentureBeat
  • 2021
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Salesforce researchers release framework to test NLP model robustness

New research and code was released in early 2021 to demonstrate that the training data for Natural Language Processing algorithms is not as robust as it could be. The project, Robustness Gym, allows researchers and computer scientists to approach training data with more scrutiny, organizing this data and testing the results of preliminary runs through the algorithm to see what can be improved upon and how.

  • VentureBeat
  • 2021
  • 5 min
  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2020
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The Year Deepfakes Went Mainstream

With the surge of the coronavirus pandemic, the year 2020 became an important one in terms of new applications for deepfake technology. Although a primary concern of deepfakes is their ability to create convincing misinformation, this article describes other uses of deepfake which center more on entertaining, harmless creations.

  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2020
  • 12 min
  • Wired
  • 2018
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How Cops Are Using Algorithms to Predict Crimes

This video offers a basic introduction to the use of machine learning in predictive policing, and how this disproportionately affects low income communities and communities of color.

  • Wired
  • 2018
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