by CheckmateHumanity | Oct 14, 2020 | Ethical AI
A Path from Ethical Principles to Law The Issue The purpose of ethics and the law are often distinct yet the EU is on a path to turn ethical principles into legal rules. Is this the right approach? Recently the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee released an...
by CheckmateHumanity | Oct 4, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots – Twitter Faces Backlash Over Racially Problematic Algorithm Bad Robot Outcome: Twitter is re-evaluating an image cropping algorithm after evidence has emerged that the technology seemingly favored images of white individuals while hiding those of...
by CheckmateHumanity | Sep 30, 2020 | Ethical AI
Is there a trade-off between privacy & discrimination in algorithmic decision making? The Issue Algorithms need data to make correlations and accurate predictions. When sensitive data is omitted from the workings of an AI system due to genuine privacy...
by CheckmateHumanity | Sep 13, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots: UK Home Office Backs Away From Immigration Algorithm After Legal Challenge Bad Robot Outcome: After being sued by two groups, the United Kingdom’s Home Office has agreed to halt its use of, and substantially redesign, an algorithm that it had been using to...
by CheckmateHumanity | Aug 30, 2020 | Ethical AI
There’s fairness and there’s procedural fairness “I think it’s important that people remember that they have legal rights to question decisions that get made about them.” [1] Deana Amato, plaintiff in the Robodebt legal challenge. She challenged the...
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