christ what an asshole Palantir has figured out how to make money by using algorithms to ascribe guilt to people, now they're looking for new customers Cory Doctorow
uk UK police train machine-learning model using Experian data that stereotypes people based on garden size, first names, and postal codes Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Automating Inequality: using algorithms to create a modern "digital poor-house" Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Anyone who claims that machine learning will save money in high-stakes government decision-making is lying Cory Doctorow
google Two years later, Google solves 'racist algorithm' problem by purging 'gorilla' label from image classifier Cory Doctorow
aviation The DHS has illegally stuffed America's airports full of $1B worth shitty, malfing facial-recognition tech Cory Doctorow
internet of shit "Friendly" apps are good at maximizing engagement, but their context-blindness is a cesspit of algorithmic cruelty Cory Doctorow
books I Can't Breathe: Matt Taibbi's scorching book on the murder of Eric Garner and the system that let the killers get away with it Cory Doctorow
happy mutants What is bias in machine learning, when does it matter, and what can we do about it? Cory Doctorow
trumpism Coalition of 100+ tech groups and leaders warn the DHS that "extreme vetting" software will be a worse-than-useless, discriminatory nightmare Cory Doctorow
Science Watson for Oncology isn't an AI that fights cancer, it's an unproven mechanical turk that represents the guesses of a small group of doctors Cory Doctorow
scholarship Distinguished scientist on the mistakes pundits make when they predict the future of AI Cory Doctorow
corruption Trump's spy agencies say AI vendors will sell them needle-detection tools for infinite haystacks Cory Doctorow
Science Algorithmic decision-making: an arms-race between entropy, programmers and referees Cory Doctorow
