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AI and Content Moderation
... sites? Within the framework of a ten-week virtual research sprint hosted by the HIIG, thirteen international researchers from various disciplines came together to tackle the challenges posed by automation in content moderation. Their work resulted in policy briefings focused on algorithmic audits and on increasing the transparency and accountability of automated content moderation systems. ...
Research for the Networked Society
... perspective on the process of digitalisation in society. A central social challenge is to ensure democratic self-determination and participation under the conditions of increasing digitalisation and automation. Accordingly, the Institute’s overarching question is the following: How can the goals of individual and social self-determination be achieved in a world characterised by digitally ...
New York University - AI Now Institute
... social implications of artificial intelligence and acts as a hub for the emerging field focused on these issues. Currently, our research focuses on four key domains: rights and liberties, labor and automation, bias and inclusion, and safety and critical infrastructure. Founded in 2017 by Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker, AI Now is housed at New York University, where it fosters vibrant ...
Is the United States Tax System Favoring Excessive Automation?
As the next wave of information technology matures, many commentators worry about the job disruption that automation technology will bring. In a recent policy brief released by the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, MIT economist Daron Acemoglu and his co-authors argued that the United States currently taxes machinery and equipment too little compared to labor, thereby encouraging ...
The Future of Work: Preparing for Disruption
... changing how we live, communicate and do business, disrupting traditional industries and redefining the employee-employer relationship. Thousands of routine and low-skill jobs will be eliminated by automation, A.I. and digital hyper-connectivity. However, these same advances present new opportunities, like: - New job creation - Increased productivity - Improved delivery of public services This ...
Auditing for Bias in Resume Search Engines
There is growing awareness and concern about the role of automation in hiring, and the potential for these tools to reinforce historic inequalities in the labor market. In this work, Wilson and his team perform an algorithm audit of the resume search engines offered by several of the largest online hiring platforms, to understand the relationship between a candidate's gender and their rank in ...
Ethics and algorithmic processes for decision making and decision support
... prison. What is more, ADM is only just in its infancy: in just a few years’ time, every single person will be affected daily in one way or another by decisions reached using algorithmic processes. Automation is set to play a part in every area of politics and law.Current ethical debates about the consequences of automation generally focus on the rights of individuals. However, algorithmic ...
AI NOW 2017 Symposium
... and government to share ideas for technical design, research, and policy directions. Discussions this year focused on the application of AI across four key themes: Rights and Liberties, Labor and Automation, Bias and Inclusion, and Ethics and Governance. These experts spent a day in closed-door talks and discussions, then joined an evening program that was free and open to the public. You can ...