Summary contributed by Abhishek Gupta (@atg_abhishek), founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute. *Authors of full paper & link at the bottom Mini-summary: The paper presents a comparative analysis of … [Read more...] about Research summary: Algorithmic Bias: On the Implicit Biases of Social Technology
The Unnoticed Cognitive Bias Secretly Shaping the AI Agenda
Written by Camylle Lanteigne (@CamLante), who's currently pursuing a Master's in Public Policy at Concordia University and whose work on social robots and empathy has been featured on Vox. This explainer was … [Read more...] about The Unnoticed Cognitive Bias Secretly Shaping the AI Agenda
Research Summary: The cognitive science of fake news
Summary contributed by Andrew Buzzell, a PhD student in Philosophy at York University. *Author & link to original paper at the bottom. Mini-summary: How many people are sincerely fooled by fake news? A … [Read more...] about Research Summary: The cognitive science of fake news
Research Summary: Risk Shifts in the Gig Economy: The Normative Case for an Insurance Scheme against the Effects of Precarious Work
Research summary contributed by Anne Boily. She is a doctoral student at the Université de Montréal, in the Department of Political Science. Her research interests are the ethics of AI and the dialogue of … [Read more...] about Research Summary: Risk Shifts in the Gig Economy: The Normative Case for an Insurance Scheme against the Effects of Precarious Work
Research summary: Snapshot Series: Facial Recognition Technology
Summary contributed by Connor Wright, who's a 3rd year Philosophy student at the University of Exeter. Link to full paper + authors listed at the bottom. Mini-summary: Offering an interactive and well-worded … [Read more...] about Research summary: Snapshot Series: Facial Recognition Technology