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ACM.orgMarch 2021 -
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Taylor & Francis OnlineData-driven technologies represent a technological rationality that renders our experiences in the world as distant, unfamiliar, and perhaps even unreliable when compared to the knowledge about the world that our technological systems present us with. Read on Taylor & Francis OnlineFebruary 2021 -
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Institute of Network CulturesThis essay conceptualizes study the imbrication as a maxim in researching the role of datasets in producing, distributing, and consuming knowledge. Read on Institute of Network CulturesJanuary 2021 -
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PatternsThis paper describes the coupling of machine learning and the social production of risk in general, with specific illustrations drawn from machine learning applications in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read on PatternsOctober 2020 -
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Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and TransparencyOur study of the history of impact assessments shows that "impacts" are an evaluative construct that enable institutions to identify and ameliorate harms experienced because of a policy decision or system. Read on Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and TransparencySeptember 2020 -
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NatureKellie Owens and Alexis Walker list some concrete steps to enable anti-racist practices in medical research and practice. Read on NatureSeptember 2020 -
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Data & SocietyThis paper critically examines existing modes of participation in design practice and machine learning. Read moreJuly 2020 -
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Social Science Research NetworkBecause AIAs are still an incipient governance strategy, approaching them as social constructions that do not require a single or universal approach offers a chance to produce interventions that emerge from careful deliberation. Read on Social Science Research NetworkMay 2020 -
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ACM FAT* 2020How can human rights serve as a framework for the governance of AI systems? Read on ACM FAT* 2020January 2020 -
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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