Technologies (319)
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- Amnesty International
- 2021
Amnesty International released a statement detailing its opposition of widespread use of facial recognition technology for mass surveillance purposes based on its misuse and unfair impacts over Black communities and the chilling effect which it would create on peaceful protest.
- Amnesty International
- 2021
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- Amnesty International
- 2021
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR BAN ON THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE
Amnesty International released a statement detailing its opposition of widespread use of facial recognition technology for mass surveillance purposes based on its misuse and unfair impacts over Black communities and the chilling effect which it would create on peaceful protest.
Is more accurate facial recognition technology a good thing or a bad thing? How would FRT be weaponized to justify policing policies that are already unfair toward Black communities? Why is anonymity important, both in protest scenarios and elsewhere? Can anyone be anonymous in the age of digital technology? What amount of anonymity is appropriate?
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- CNET
- 2019
Fight for the Future, a digital activist group, used Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software to scan faces on the street in Washington DC to show that there should be more guardrails on the use of this type of technology, before it is deployed for ends which violate human rights such as identifying peaceful protestors.
- CNET
- 2019
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- CNET
- 2019
Demonstrators scan public faces in DC to show lack of facial recognition laws
Fight for the Future, a digital activist group, used Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software to scan faces on the street in Washington DC to show that there should be more guardrails on the use of this type of technology, before it is deployed for ends which violate human rights such as identifying peaceful protestors.
Does this kind of stunt seem effective at getting the attention of the public on the ways that facial recognition can be misused? How? Who decides what is a “positive” use of facial recognition technology, and how can these use cases be negotiated with those citizens who want their privacy protected?
- Endgadget
- 2021
Article is an excerpt from book about the history of AI and the shift in AI research in 1990s from knowledge-based to context-based approaches to artificial intelligence.
- Endgadget
- 2021
- Endgadget
- 2021
Hitting the Books: The Brooksian revolution that led to rational robots
Article is an excerpt from book about the history of AI and the shift in AI research in 1990s from knowledge-based to context-based approaches to artificial intelligence.
- Wired
- 2021
Youtube algorithm’s struggle to distinguish chess-related terms from hate speech and abuse has revealed shortcomings in artificial intelligence’s ability to moderate online hate speech. The incident reflects the need to develop digital technologies capable of processing natural languages with a sufficient degree of social sensitivity.
- Wired
- 2021
- Wired
- 2021
Why a YouTube Chat About Chess Got Flagged for Hate Speech
Youtube algorithm’s struggle to distinguish chess-related terms from hate speech and abuse has revealed shortcomings in artificial intelligence’s ability to moderate online hate speech. The incident reflects the need to develop digital technologies capable of processing natural languages with a sufficient degree of social sensitivity.
Where do you draw the line between freedom of speech and online community conduct and regulations? What are some problems you think AI will experience in moderating hate speech like slurs?
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- BBC
- 2021
The ability of facial recognition technology used by the South Wales Police force to identify an individual based on biometric data nearly instantly rather than the previous standard of 10 days allowed a mother to say goodbye to her son on his deathbed. It seems to have other positive impacts, such as identifying criminals earlier than they otherwise might have been. However, as is usually the case, concerns abound about how this facial recognition technology can violate human rights.
- BBC
- 2021
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- BBC
- 2021
Facial recognition technology meant mum saw dying son
The ability of facial recognition technology used by the South Wales Police force to identify an individual based on biometric data nearly instantly rather than the previous standard of 10 days allowed a mother to say goodbye to her son on his deathbed. It seems to have other positive impacts, such as identifying criminals earlier than they otherwise might have been. However, as is usually the case, concerns abound about how this facial recognition technology can violate human rights.
Who can be trusted with facial recognition algorithms that can give someone several possibilities for the identity of a particular face? Who can be trusted to decide in what cases this technology can be deployed? How can bias become problematic when a human is selecting one of many faces recommended by the algorithm? Should the idea of constant surveillance or omnipresent cameras make us feel safe or concerned?
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- University of Houston
- 2015
The article explains what a BCI is, how it helps amputees, and how BCI technology continues to innovate.
- University of Houston
- 2015
Researchers Build Brain-Machine Interface To Control Prosthetic Hand
The article explains what a BCI is, how it helps amputees, and how BCI technology continues to innovate.
As BCI technologies continue to develop, what are ways that they could harm or benefit users or other stakeholders? Why do you think this study used the test subjects it did? What are the potential short and long term benefits and/or harms of using this particular group of subjects?