Dovetail LabsIs Sexism Impeding the Global Influence of Japanese AI and Robotics?In her July 18, 2018 op-ed in Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s progressive paper, Noriko Arai, a famous Japanese mathematician and artificial…Jun 8, 2019Jun 8, 2019
Dovetail LabsChina’s Tencent keeps an eye on Western technology companiesChinese companies are keeping close tabs on the successes and public missteps of leading technology companies.May 31, 2019May 31, 2019
Dovetail LabsAI Lie Detection in the Global SouthIn Philip K. Dick’s rich science fiction universe, lies are sifted from truth with the aid of a Voight-Kampff machine — which measures…May 23, 2019May 23, 2019
Dovetail LabsRethinking Chinese AI in AfricaA casual glance through the headlines of popular media publications — from Forbes bold declaration on AI, China, and the US — How the US…May 16, 2019May 16, 2019
Dovetail LabsAlgorithmic Ethics“Algorithmic ethics” seem to be everywhere, and many are seeing it in a troubling light. The technical dimensions seem to lay at the heart…May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Dovetail LabsStructural Risks of Artificial IntelligenceModern ethics discourse on artificial intelligence has tended to focus on rather constrained categories of harms. Specifically, it tends…May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
Dovetail LabsHow to map a criminal: Chinese Courts & AI tech partners locate “deadbeats”WeChat created a map revealing debtors, highlighting a broader trend of partnerships between Chinese courts and tech companies.Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2019
Dovetail LabsFalling for “The God Trick” of Big DataSince the Cambridge Analytica / Facebook debacle broke, there has been a lot of discussion about the dangers of big data. While there is no…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018