ND TEC advances interdisciplinary research on questions related to the impact of technology on humanity. Home of @notredame’s undergrad minor in tech ethics.
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new acting director, Meghan Sullivan! She will build on the great work done by @KMac_Martin. Read the full announcement here: techethics.nd.edu/news-and-e…
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The Holistic ROI project is a collaboration between researchers at @NotreDame and @IBM focused on building a method for calculating ROI on AI ethics initiatives. The team's first paper proposes a novel Holistic Return on Ethics framework.
Read it here➡️ techethicslab.nd.edu/our-wor…
ALT Figure 1 from the paper illustrating the three paths to understanding the impact of investments in AI ethics with regards to stakeholders: the direct path through economic return, and indirect paths through capabilities and reputation.
Cool event this Thurs, Sept. 28, at @NotreDame:
“Hackers’ Roundtable: A Conversation on Computing, Security, and Culture” is being organized by ND TEC affiliates @wjscheirer and Luis Felipe Murillo and will be moderated by @BiellaColeman of @BKCHarvard.
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Dr. Walter Scheirer's new book, "A History of Fake Things on the Internet" will be released on December 5th. Stanford University Press has a terrific write-up of it here: sup.org/books/title/?id=3546…
In late August, @georginacurto, one of our tech ethics postdocs, travelled to Macao to co-chair the AI & Social Good Special Track at the @IJCAIconf.
The 216 submissions to the track aimed to leverage the state of the art in AI to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
ALT Tech ethics postdoc Georgina Curto Rex (right) looks on during remarks at the International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI '23)
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Buzzfeed recently published a now deleted article on what AI thinks Barbies would look like from different countries around the world.
The results contained extreme forms of representational bias, which is something that AI image generators are prone to doing.
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New open-access 📝 from ND TEC postdoc @georginacurto and @FComim in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics on why bias can't be completely mitigated in machine learning and a method for potentially addressing that issue. @UNDResearch
Read more ➡️ techethics.nd.edu/publicatio…
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With the Notre Dame @techethicsnd, we’re hiring a tenure-track professor focused on applied ethics and technology. Explore how AI & digital tech impact key policy areas (poverty, democracy, the environment, the future of work). Learn more & apply: go.nd.edu/bc9007
New research from @KeoughGlobalND faculty member and ND TEC affiliate @yong_suk_lee in the journal AI and Ethics on social media's role in distributing news, coordinating protests, and influencing political outcomes. @UNDResearch techethics.nd.edu/publicatio…
Big congratulations to Clayton O’Dell, a @NotreDame junior majoring in computer science and pursuing a minor in tech ethics, who just had an essay on AI published in the summer 2023 issue of the @tnajournal!
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An update to Zoom’s terms of service has some people online worried the company will use their conversations to train AI. Zoom says it will not use audio, video or chat content for this purpose without additional consent. But other data is still fair game. apne.ws/WeraNik
ND TEC’s @KMac_Martin has joined Stanford’s @kingjen, Princeton’s @random_walker, and Northeastern’s Alan Mislove and Christo Wilson on the Data Technology & Practices Panel at the Center for State Enforcement of Antitrust and Consumer Protection Laws.
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Are you a scholar working in tech ethics? If so, two faculty jobs currently open at @NotreDame may be of interest:
—Sociology and Tech Ethics (based in @sociologyND): techethics.nd.edu/news-and-e…
—Applied Ethics and Technology (based in @KeoughGlobalND): techethics.nd.edu/news-and-e…
Congrats to ND TEC postdoc @georginacurto and coauthors Svetlana Kiritchenko, @IsarNejadgholi, and Kathleen C. Fraser of @NRC_CNRC on their outstanding paper award at ACL 2023 within the Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms.
More about the paper at ➡️ techethics.nd.edu/news-and-e…
ALT Georgina Curto Rex presenting her and her coauthors’ paper at the 2023 ACL Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms in Toronto.
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Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other technology companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology have agreed to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by President Joe Biden's administration. apnews.com/article/artificia…
"The FTC says Amazon's website used so-called dark patterns, or 'manipulative design elements that trick users into making decisions they would not otherwise have made.'" npr.org/2023/06/21/118347038…
With @KeoughGlobalND, we invite applicants for a tenure-track (open-rank) professorship in applied ethics and technology. The ideal candidate will have a strong research agenda in applied ethics related to AI and digital technology.
More at: techethics.nd.edu/news-and-e…
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Registration closes in one week for the 2023 Digital Humanities Research Institute South Bend, a two-day workshop for humanities students, faculty and staff. Learn foundational computing skills to advance your digital projects.
Learn more and register: library.nd.edu/event/2023-di…
ALT A poster advertises the Digital Humanities Research Institute South Bend, taking place July 26 and 27. For more information, visit library.nd.edu/events.
"It is crucial to determine when technology provides advantages and when human intervention is more effective."
ND TEC affiliate @nberente on research he and @NDBusiness colleague Kaitlin Wowak conducted using data from nearly 80K customer service calls.
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