Summary contributed by Victoria Heath (@victoria_heath7), Communications Manager at Creative Commons Authors of full paper: Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Brenda Leong, Patrick Hall, and Andrew Burt (link provided at … [Read more...] about Research summary: Warning Signs: The Future of Privacy and Security in the Age of Machine Learning
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Research summary: Troubling Trends in Machine Learning Scholarship
Mini summary (scroll down for full summary): With the explosion of people working in the domain of ML and the prevalence of the use of preprint servers like arXiv, there are some troubling trends that have been … [Read more...] about Research summary: Troubling Trends in Machine Learning Scholarship
What has been published about ethical and social science considerations regarding the pandemic outbreak response efforts?
This summary introduces the results from preliminary analysis of the CORD-19 research dataset and aims to investigate the ethical and social science considerations regarding pandemic outbreak response efforts. … [Read more...] about What has been published about ethical and social science considerations regarding the pandemic outbreak response efforts?
AI Economist: Reinforcement Learning is the Future for Equitable Economic Policy
Long before pandemic-related lockdowns, economic inequality has been one of the most significant issues affecting humanity. A report from the United Nations in January 2020 found that inequality is rising in … [Read more...] about AI Economist: Reinforcement Learning is the Future for Equitable Economic Policy
Research summary: Technology-Enabled Disinformation: Summary, Lessons, and Recommendations
Mini summary (scroll down for full summary): The upcoming election cycle and the current pandemic have made all of us into inveterate consumers of copious amounts of information from a variety of sources. For a lot … [Read more...] about Research summary: Technology-Enabled Disinformation: Summary, Lessons, and Recommendations