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Ethnographic Perspective Bridging

by Nethra Samarawickrema

Feb 7, 2020

Ethnographic Perspective Bridging

Feb 7, 2020

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Is 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, 2019

Is Sexism Impeding the Global Influence of Japanese AI and Robotics?

Jun 8, 2019

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China’s Tencent keeps an eye on Western technology companies

Chinese companies are keeping close tabs on the successes and public missteps of leading technology companies.

May 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

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AI Lie Detection in the Global South

In 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, 2019

AI Lie Detection in the Global South

May 23, 2019

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Rethinking Chinese AI in Africa

A casual glance through the headlines of popular media publications — from Forbes bold declaration on AI, China, and the US — How the US…

May 16, 2019

Rethinking Chinese AI in Africa

May 16, 2019

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Algorithmic 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, 2019

Algorithmic Ethics

May 13, 2019

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Structural Risks of Artificial Intelligence

Modern ethics discourse on artificial intelligence has tended to focus on rather constrained categories of harms. Specifically, it tends…

May 3, 2019

Structural Risks of Artificial Intelligence

May 3, 2019

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How 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, 2019

How to map a criminal: Chinese Courts & AI tech partners locate “deadbeats”

Apr 26, 2019

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Falling for “The God Trick” of Big Data

Since 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, 2018

Falling for “The God Trick” of Big Data

May 7, 2018

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Social science insights for socially beneficial technology. A mission-driven, independent research and consulting firm founded by academic anthropologists.

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