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Prediction is the problem, predictability is the solution?

Many of the thorny ethical issues surrounding AI arise when it is used to make predictions about people, particularly predictions that...

Book Review: Privacy in Context

In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously said “the age of privacy is over”. (Kirkpatrick, 2010) He’s walked back that statement in the ensuing...

How much of my data belongs to me? The Henrietta Lacks Story

Imagine these two scenarios...you're at work and you've just polished off a latte. You throw the cup in the lunchroom garbage but...

Healthcare data and the tragedy of the anti-commons

Recently, my city passed a bylaw that makes mask wearing mandatory in all indoor spaces. I'm in Canada where "to mask or not to mask"...

Scaling Healthcare to enable an AI4Health Future

I submitted my draft Findings and Discussions chapter this weekend! I’m now on a rare break from my research project as I await some...

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....

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...

Zoom, Meet or Skype? Conducting research in a time of physical distancing

My research focus is on AI researchers and how they are navigating ethical considerations in their work. I’m exploring issues around...