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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...

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...

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,...

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...

Hiding under a Marcov blanket protecting my attention

I’m procrastinating from my “real work” to write this post. I have exactly a week to get my annotated bibliography assignment done but...

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...

My annotated bibliography won't write itself (sigh)

This blog is serving a dual purpose for me. It's both a space to share information I’m discovering and a place to work through the...

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...

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...

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...

The ethics surrounding data collection

I’ve been talking with a lot of different people - pretty much anyone who will listen – about where to focus my research. One piece of...

Where to begin...

Research is not a linear process. It gets messy. Or maybe I should say, MY approach to research has been messy. I'm currently enrolled in...