Research Summaries
Ethics for People Who Work in Tech
🔬 Book Summary by Marc Steen, a senior research scientist at TNO, the Netherlands, and an expert in Responsible Innovation. Disclaimer: This book summary was authored by Marc…
Toward Responsible AI Use: Considerations for Sustainability Impact Assessment
🔬 Research Summary by Eva Thelisson, General Secretary, AI Transparency Institute in Switzerland. [Original paper by Eva Thelisson, Grzegorz P. Mika, Quentin Schneiter, Kirtan Padh, Himanshu Verma] Overview:…
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The Narrow Depth and Breadth of Corporate Responsible AI Research
🔬 Research Summary by Nur Ahmed, an assistant professor at Walton College, University of Arkansas, and a digital fellow at MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy. [Original paper…
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CodeAid: Evaluating a Classroom Deployment of an LLM-based Programming Assistant that Balances Student and Educator Needs
🔬 Research Summary by Majeed Kazemitabaar, a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Toronto researching the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Education, specifically focusing on AI…
FairQueue: Rethinking Prompt Learning for Fair Text-to-Image Generation (NeurIPS 2024)
🔬 Research Summary by Christopher Teo, PhD, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). [Original paper by Christopher T.H Teo, Milad Abdollahzadeh, Xinda Ma, Ngai-man Cheung] Note: This paper,…
Columns
Can we blame a chatbot if it goes wrong?
✍️ Column by Sun Gyoo Kang, Lawyer. This column is dedicated to the memory of Abhishek Gupta, founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, who recently passed away.…
The irony of having a clean AI chatbot
✍️ Column by Sun Gyoo Kang, Lawyer. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are solely my own and do not reflect my employer’s opinions, beliefs, or positions.…
AI Applications in Agriculture: Sustainable Farming
🔬 Original article by Aixa Lacroix from Encode Justice Canada This is a part of our Recess series in which university students from across Canada briefly explain key…
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Blending Brushstrokes with Bytes: My Artistic Odyssey from Analog to AI
✍️ Column by Venus Krier, a freelance illustrator and animator. Overview: In this intricate tapestry of artistry and technology, I chart my transformative journey from the tactile world…
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Regulating computer vision & the ongoing relevance of AI ethics
✍️ Column by Rosalie Waelen, a philosopher and applied ethicist, who recently completed her Ph.D. at the University of Twente (The Netherlands) and is now working as a…
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