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Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

The feats achieved through AI and machine learning are astonishing and can feel like modern wizardry. But without clear ethical reasoning and principled leadership, this utopian promise could tumble all too quickly into a dystopian nightmare.
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Elizabeth M. Adams on civic tech as advocacy work

In this episode, we are speaking with Elizabeth M. Adams from Stanford University’s Digital Civil Society Lab about the roles and responsibility of government in tech, the ethical implications of technology, and the long game of advocacy work.

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Ifeoma Ajunwa on the limitless boundaries of employee surveillance

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Ifeoma Ajunwa from the University of North Carolina School of Law about the legal and ethical implications of workplace surveillance in the age of remote work, wearable tech, and DNA testing.

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Mental health’s technological imperative — through the pandemic and beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused increased rates of depression and anxiety in the US. However, recent innovations with artificial intelligence have the opportunity to change the way mental health care is managed, even beyond this time.

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The case for AI insurance

Most organizations are unaware of their risk when using artificial intelligence technologies, but a good emerging solution is AI/ML-specific insurance.

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Tackling normative defaults in the AI era

Although assumptions (based on gender, cultural background, etc.) are useful shorthand when developing new AI solutions, there are negative consequences to applying them globally.

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How sensors and software are solving the world’s greatest challenges

Embedded sensors have created monumental advances in the efficiency, health, and safety of manufacturing facilities — even enabling a factory to build a car by itself.

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What fairness can learn from AI

By requiring us to determine what we count as “fair,” machine learning puts the burden on us to choose which values we deem relevant.

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