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- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
When who gets to define the problem is the problem...
This past week has been a tough one. It's forced us to look at systemic issues of racism and inequality which we have not been able to...
- May 23, 2020
- 4 min
Research update: collecting data, prepping for a presentation and "COVID-izing" my work
Generally when things are quiet on the blog, it means I'm really busy with my research. That's certainly been the case this past month....
- May 4, 2020
- 3 min
Counting COVID: The politics of data collection and reporting
There’s something about seeing the hard, cold numbers globally tracking the coronavirus that’s turned average people into armchair...
- Feb 7, 2020
- 4 min
Mend it or end it, who decides? Day One of the AI, Ethics and Society Conference
It's been a super full day exploring the landscape surrounding the many societal questions relating to artificial intelligence and...
- Feb 2, 2020
- 4 min
Setting the stage for AI in healthcare: CIFAR's AI for Health Townhall
Recently, I participated in CIFAR's AI for Health townhall. The purpose of the meeting was to gather feedback on a draft framework that...
- Jan 25, 2020
- 4 min
Your toaster is the weakest link
In a post-Christmas shopping spree, my husband brought home "an amazing deal" - a Ring doorbell bundled with an Amazon Echo. He had no...
- Jan 17, 2020
- 5 min
Scenes from a Literature Review: Healthcare and AI
I'm having that moment of guilt when you realize that your last blog was close to two months ago! Time to dust off the cobwebs with an...
- Nov 29, 2019
- 1 min
How am I biased?
Last night I was at a talk on ethics and bias hosted by Women in Big Data. One of the presenters mentioned the Harvard Implicit...
- Nov 25, 2019
- 3 min
Becoming an informational person
A month ago, I attended a masterclass with author Candace Savage. It was a primer on historical research and how to use fragments of data...
- Nov 12, 2019
- 4 min
The data and processes we don't question
There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says,...
- Nov 3, 2019
- 5 min
In too Deep: Are we missing the bigger picture for AI?
If I were writing an equation to summarize the general state of artificial intelligence today it might look like this: AI = ML = DNN...
- Oct 23, 2019
- 3 min
The Orangetheory of Data Religion
I hate working out. But I dutifully drag myself to the gym a couple times a week. Recently, I’ve been going to Orangetheory Fitness. For...
- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
Walking naked through the Googleplex
I can’t take credit for the title of this post but it sums up an issue that we all face - we trade our privacy for convenience. This line...
- Oct 10, 2019
- 3 min
Blackface, #MeToo, Alan Turing and super-ethical AI
Ethical behaviour is culturally contextual and constantly evolving. Our not too distant past is filled with discriminatory behaviours and...
- Oct 9, 2019
- 3 min
When data knows us better than we know ourselves
A few months ago, I was enticed by a special offer from 23andMe. I'd been on the fence about genetic testing for some time. Like the...