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ICDIP Masterclass: AI – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
This session, ran by ICDIP/CIISEC and hosted by Lucy Rogers from TOEX, saw our Dr Scott Stainton deliver a masterclass session which took a guided look through different lenses and… Read more
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Anthropomorphism in AI: hype and fallacy
Assigning human qualities to AI (anthropomorphism) overstates its abilities and muddies our moral judgments, leading to ethical issues. This essay explores how attributing human-like traits can both exaggerate AI’s performance… Read more
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Adopting trust as an ex post approach to privacy
AI accuracy crucial for privacy trust: research delves into how individuals and AI systems can collaborate to ensure information sharing stays private. Trustworthiness requires shared beliefs, and an AI’s accuracy… Read more
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To be forgotten or to be fair: unveiling fairness implications of machine unlearning methods
Machine unlearning, a tool for RTBF (Right to be Forgotten), can impact AI fairness. This study explores two common methods (SISA, AmnesiacML) vs. retraining (ORTR) across fairness datasets and deletion… Read more
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Seeing Like a Toolkit: How Toolkits Envision the Work of AI Ethics
AI ethics toolkits promise guidance, but fall short! They lack support for navigating complex power dynamics within organizations, leaving practitioners unprepared to tackle real-world ethical challenges. Future toolkits need to… Read more
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Red teaming ChatGPT via Jailbreaking: Bias, Robustness, Reliability and Toxicity
Rise of powerful NLP sparks ethical concerns: LLMs like ChatGPT show potential for bias, unreliability, toxicity, demanding new ethical benchmarks and design considerations. This study analyzes ChatGPT across four key… Read more
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From ethical AI frameworks to tools: a review of approaches
AI ethics: Drowning in principles, lacking solutions. Many guidelines exist, but they’re too vague and don’t translate well to real-world AI. This analysis highlights the need for concrete methods and… Read more
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The uselessness of AI ethics
AI ethics are drowning in a sea of ineffective principles. While guidelines abound, they’re often vague, ignored, and lack teeth, failing to address the real dangers of AI. We need… Read more
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AI Ethics: An Empirical Study on the Views of Practitioners and Lawmakers
AI ethics debate rages on! Survey reveals key concerns: transparency, accountability, privacy are top priorities, but challenges like lack of knowledge, regulation, and monitoring bodies hinder progress. Practitioners and lawmakers… Read more
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Where is the human in human-centered AI? Insights from developer priorities and user experiences
HCAI aims to prioritize users, but a survey shows a gap between developers’ focus on tech and users’ valuing AI’s social impact and functionality. HCAI needs to bridge this gap… Read more
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The blended future of automation and AI: Examining some long-term societal and ethical impact features
AI’s two faces: While its rapid growth creates new jobs in healthcare, transport, and more, concerns about job losses, dehumanization, and societal impact grow. This study delves into both sides,… Read more
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