Reid Blackman, Ph.D.inProduct AI“Whose Ethics?”Product development teams, especially those working on machine learning models, have a new set of responsibilities they may not have…Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 2022
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.inProduct AIHow to Think About Use-Case Ethical RisksWhen we talk about AI ethics in product development, we often talk about biased or discriminatory outputs, unexplainable outputs, and…Nov 9, 20211Nov 9, 20211
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.inProduct AIHow to Think about Data PrivacyIf you’re working on a project that requires troves of data about people, concerns about violating their privacy loom large. Unfortunately…Oct 20, 2021Oct 20, 2021
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.inProduct AIUnderstanding Black Box AlgorithmsIn 2018, shortly after a self-driving Uber car killed a pedestrian, an article ran in The Guardian, titled, “Franken-Algorithms: The deadly…Jun 15, 2021Jun 15, 2021
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.inProduct AIHow You Can Accidentally Make Discriminatory AIAmazon receives hundreds of thousands of resumes a year. At some point, it’s just not possible to have every one of them read by a person…Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.Employees Want Ethical CEOs(Authored by Reid Blackman, Ph.D. and Derrick Darby, Ph.D. Originally published August 1, 2018)Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.We Need ESG Criteria for Artificial Intelligence[Originally published at Cornerstone Capital’s Journal of Sustainable Finance and Banking, on October 2, 2018, here]Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.The Ethical and Reputational Risks of Artificial Intelligence[Boardwise advises Directors on corporate governance. This piece originally appeared in their newsletter here.]Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.A Lesson about Data Privacy, Courtesy of Medical EthicsIn 1983, Elizabeth Bouvia was a 25-year-old mentally competent woman suffering from cerebral palsy. She was only able to move her right…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Reid Blackman, Ph.D.Think Ethics is Subjective? Think Again. And Again, and Again…“Ethics is subjective.” I hear it all the time. It’s regarded as a platitude. And it’s a reason so many people get tripped up when talking…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
