✍️ Column by Alexandrine Royer, our Educational Program Manager. Algorithms already heavily mediate several aspects of our daily lives, from
The algorithmic imaginary: exploring the ordinary affects of Facebook algorithms (Research Summary)
🔬 Research summary contributed by Dr. Iga Kozlowska (@kozlowska_iga), a sociologist working on Microsoft’s Ethics & Society team where she’s
Upgrading China Through Automation: Manufacturers, Workers and Techno-Development State (Research Summary)
🔬 Research summary contributed by Nga Than (@NgaThanNYC), a doctoral candidate in the Sociology program at City University of New York – The Graduate
Rethinking Gaming: The Ethical Work of Optimization in Web Search Engines (Research Summary)
🔬 Research summary contributed by Dr. Iga Kozlowska (@kozlowska_iga), a sociologist working on Microsoft’s Ethics & Society team where she’s
Diagnosing Gender Bias In Image Recognition Systems (Research Summary)
🔬 Research summary contributed by Nga Than (@NgaThanNYC), a doctoral candidate in the Sociology program at City University of New York – The Graduate
The Sociology of AI Ethics (Column Introduction)
AI research, development and deployment have “a social sciences deficit.” Predominantly AI systems are built by technologists, using datasets that are