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As we shelter in place in the pandemic, more employers are using software to track our work — and us.
On the day Layla got out of prison and back to her home in Georgia, she was told she would need to purchase a smartphone—not an insignificant task for someone who’d just completed a sentence, but Layla was lucky to have a friend who could buy one for her. She says she was at home in bed a few days later when the app…
A sudden switch to online learning reveals a slew of challenges for educators.
There is increasing concern about “surveillance capitalism,” whereby for-profit companies generate value from data, while individuals are unable to resist (Zubo
Worth discussing for the unnecessary reputation hits Zoom is taking over this.
Error rate for African American speech is nearly double that for others.
Employers are increasingly using information and communication technologies to monitor employees. Such workplace surveillance is extensive in the United States, but its experience and potential conse...
Artificial intelligence is emerging as the first line of defense against cyber-threats, but how can it withstand the exploitation of hackers?
The problem is "boost first, ask questions later"
Ethics history in computing/engineering.
"I want the reckoning to not just be on the backs of the people who were most hurt by it."
Whether benign or intrusive, monitoring of students and teachers is commonplace in many schools
On subjective data, why datasets should expire, & data sabotage.
It's hard to imagine going through a day right now without thinking about COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. You likely already know the basic fac
NeurIPS will now require AI researchers to state the impact their work has on society and disclose any financial conflict of interest.
FFS FACEBOOK. And FFS PP I kinda expect better of you.
A "secret no-release policy"
One of the things people find peculiar about philosophers is our tendency to continue thinking about things that an ordinary person might consider settled. Even after making what appears to be a good decision about some moral matter—say, not murdering your brother even though he took the last cupcak
Momus Analytics' predictive scoring system is using race to grade potential jurors on vague qualities like "leadership" and "personal responsibility."