- Data Science and Ethics – Why Companies Need a new CEO (Chief Ethics Officer) - Jan 21, 2019.
We explain why data science companies need to have a Chief Ethics Officer and discuss their importance in tackling algorithm bias.
Tags: Algorithms, Bias, Ethics
- The ultimate guide to starting AI - Nov 13, 2018.
A step-by-step overview of how to begin your project, including advice on how to craft a wise performance metric, setting up testing criteria to overcome human bias, and more.
Tags: AI, Deployment, Ethics, Machine Learning, Production
- Ethics + Data Science: opinion by DJ Patil, former US Chief Data Scientist - Sep 14, 2018.
How much has data changed our lives over the past decade? Former US Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil investigates.
Tags: Data Science, DJ Patil, Ethics, Social Good
- The 2018 Data Scientist Report is Here - Aug 23, 2018.
Learn about the data and tools that data scientists are working with in 2018, Ethical issues around AI, Algorithmic bias, Job satisfaction, and more.
Tags: Bias, Career, Data Science Platform, Data Science Tools, Data Scientist, Ethics, Figure Eight
- Weapons of Math Destruction, Ethical Matrix, Nate Silver and more Highlights from the Data Science Leaders Summit - Jul 31, 2018.
Domino Data Lab hosted its first ever Data Science Leaders Summit at the lovely Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on May 30-31, 2018. Cathy O'Neil, Nate Silver, Cassie Kozyrkov and Eric Colson were some of the speakers at this event.
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Tags: Algorithms, Business Analytics, Cassie Kozyrkov, Data Science, Domino, Ethics, Machine Learning, Moody's, Nate Silver, Stitch Fix
- Deep Learning Summit, Toronto featuring Geoff Hinton – save with KDnuggets - May 29, 2018.
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the fathers of Deep Learning, will be back to share his most recent and cutting-edge research progressions, and will be joined by other top researchers. Save 20% on Early Bird passes when you sign up before 15 June w. code KDNUGGETS.
Also check Women in AI dinner series and get new white paper on Ethical implications of AI.
Tags: AI, Canada, Deep Learning, Ethics, Geoff Hinton, RE.WORK, Toronto, White Paper, Women
Top 10 Technology Trends of 2018 - Apr 13, 2018.
In this article, we will focus on the modern trends that took off well on the market by the end of 2017 and discuss the major breakthroughs expected in 2018.
Tags: AI, Blockchain, Chief Data Officer, Deep Learning, Ethics, IoT, NLP, Privacy, Top 10, Trends
- 5 things that will be important in data science in 2018 - Jan 11, 2018.
What’s data science going to look like in 2018? How are job roles in the field going to change? Will AI find new ways to capture the public imagination? Learn more from Packt $5 books - on sale till Jan 16.
Tags: Automation, Business, Cloud Computing, Data Science, Ethics, Packt Publishing
- Machine Ethics and Artificial Moral Agents - Nov 2, 2017.
This article is simply a stream of consciousness on questions and problems I have been thinking and asking myself, and hopefully, it will stimulate some discussion.
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Tags: AI, Bias, Ethics, Machine Intelligence
- Strata Data Conference, NYC – Key Trends and Highlights - Oct 12, 2017.
Strata is a conference I very much enjoyed attending. This year, I observed a few common themes that ran across much of the conference content: Data Science Collaboration, Data Ethics, and Platform Optimization.
Tags: Collaboration, Ethics, Netflix, New York City, NY, Strata
- Asimov’s 4th Law of Robotics - Sep 8, 2017.
It seems Isaac Asimov didn’t envision needing a law to govern robots in these sorts of life-and-death situations where it isn’t the life of the robot versus the life of a human in debate, but it’s a choice between the lives of multiple humans!
Tags: AI, Ethics, Robots, Self-Driving Car
- The Surprising Ethics of Humans and Self-Driving Cars - Jan 9, 2017.
The surprising finding is that people are much more willing to ride in a self-driving car that might kill them to save several pedestrians than in a car that would save them but kill pedestrians. Asian respondents had significantly different preferences from US and Europe.
Tags: Ethics, Humans vs Machines, Poll, Self-Driving Car
- Privacy, Security and Ethics in Process Mining - Dec 21, 2016.
Data Privacy, Security and Ethics are hot yet complex topics in the business and data science world. This important article talks about and provide guidelines for privacy, security and ethics, specifically in the context of Process Mining.
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Tags: Anonymity, Ethics, Privacy, Process Mining, Security
- New Poll: Can You Live with Ethics of Machine Learning and Self-Driving Cars? - Dec 19, 2016.
The difficult thing about Machine Learning Ethics is that it forces us to consider the harsh choices people sometimes have to make but don't want to think about. Here is one such situation - what is the right choice? Please vote.
Tags: Ethics, Machine Learning, Poll, Self-Driving Car
- Ethical Implications Of Industrialized Analytics - Nov 29, 2016.
Analytics & Big Data will be involved in every aspect of our lives and we should handle the ethical dilemmas wisely to let innovation contribute more to our lives.
Tags: Algorithms, Analytics, Automation, Ethics, IIA, Industry, IoT, Robots
- KDnuggets™ News 16:n36, Oct 12: Battle of the Data Science Venn Diagrams; 9 Bizarre and Surprising Insights; ROI in Big Data Analytics - Oct 12, 2016.
Battle of the Data Science Venn Diagrams; Top September Stories in KDnuggets; Open Images Dataset; Still Searching for ROI in Big Data Analytics?
Tags: Big Data ROI, Data Science, Ethics, Venn Diagram
- Humans & Machines Ethics Framework: Assessing Machine Learning Influence - Oct 11, 2016.
Humans & Machines Ethics Canvas’ main goal is to be a guide for critical thinking throughout the ethical decision-making process. It acts as a value system and an ethics framework to assess the influence of machine learning and software development while developing a system for individuals, teams, and organisations.
Tags: Advice, Analytics, Challenges, Data Science, Ethics, Machine Learning
- 3 Key Ethics Principles for Big Data and Data Science - Jul 6, 2016.
If ethics in general are important, should ethics training be a crucial element of the data science field?
Tags: Big Data, Data Science, Ethics, Hui Xiong
- Ethics in Machine Learning – Summary - Jun 6, 2016.
Still worried about the AI apocalypse? Here we are discussion about the constraints and ethics for the machine learning algorithms to prevent it.
Tags: AI, Ethics, Machine Learning, MLconf, Seattle, WA
- Ethics In Machine Learning: What we learned from Tay chatbot fiasco? - Mar 25, 2016.
As Microsoft chatbot Tay showed, Machine Learning brings us into a new world where our views on ethics and political correctness will be challenged. ML learns from us. In both good and bad ways, it reflects what we really are.
Tags: AI, Bots, Chatbot, Ethics, Microsoft, MLconf, Seattle, Twitter, WA
- Data Science and Prejudice – Blessing or Curse ? - Dec 23, 2015.
We examine the deep nature of bias and prejudice and wonder if prejudiced minds and 'good' data scientists coexist in harmony and if they can coexist, does it lead to disruption or disruptive innovation?
Tags: Bias, Confirmation Bias, Data Science, Ethics
- Ethics should be a part of Data Science Training - Nov 6, 2015.
Over three quarters of Data Scientists support including ethics in Data Science training, and code of ethics is already a part of CAP certification and a part of UN Statistics division declaration.
Tags: Data Science Education, Ethics, Poll
- KDnuggets™ News 15:n34, Oct 21: How to Learn Machine Learning; Data Science Ethics? MetaMind MasterMind - Oct 21, 2015.
New Poll: Should Data Science Include Ethics Training?; The Best Advice From Quora on "How to Learn Machine Learning; Big Data + Wrong Method = Big Fail; MetaMind Mastermind Richard Socher: Uncut Interview;
Tags: Ethics, Machine Learning, Richard Socher, Smart City
- New Poll: Should Data Science Include Ethics Training? - Oct 20, 2015.
New poll is examining the question of Ethics and Data Science. Are Data Scientists more like physicians who take The Hippocratic Oath or more like Mathematicians, who work with numbers? Please vote.
Tags: Data Science, Ethics, Poll
- Lets talk about Ethics in Analytics / Data Science - Oct 20, 2015.
Is it time that data scientists go through formal ethics training? The saying “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” suggests that statistics (and Data Science) can be tweaked to prove any point and ethics training will help to improve the integrity and credibility of analytics profession.
Tags: Bhasker Gupta, Data Science, Ethics, Statistics
- KDnuggets™ News 15:n16, May 20: 7 Techniques for Dimensionality Reduction; Who are the real Data Scientists? - May 20, 2015.
Seven Techniques for Data Dimensionality Reduction; Will the Real Data Scientists Please Stand Up. Most Viewed Data Mining Videos on YouTube; Should Data Science Really Do That?
Tags: Data Mining Training, Dimensionality Reduction, Ethics, Youtube
- Should Data Science Really Do That? - May 13, 2015.
Data Science amazing progress in its ability to do predictions and analysis is raising important ethical questions, such as should that data be collected? Should the collected data be used for that application? Should you be involved?
Tags: Data Science, DJ Patil, Ethics, Jeremy Howard, Kaggle, Online advertising, Privacy, Yanir Seroussi
- The Internet of People: 4 key principles for analyzing personal data - Feb 27, 2015.
The “Internet of People” raises a host of legal and ethical questions about the ownership and use of our personal data. We all have a stake in joining and navigating this increasingly stormy debate. Here are 4 key principles.
Tags: Andrew Jennings, Big Data, Ethics, FICO, Personal Data, Predictive Analytics, Privacy
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 11-12: Huge Big Data poster; “Data science” misses half the equation - Jun 13, 2014.
Huge Big Data Poster and Reference; "Data science" misses half the equation: you also need "decision science"; Proposed ethical guidelines for Twitter data mining: clear objectives, protect anonymity; Great talk at Google! John Ioannidis on why most published research is wrong.
Tags: Big Data, Decision Science, Ethics, Poster, Twitter
- IEEE Rock Stars of Big Data Presentations - Jan 7, 2014.
This event, held at the Computer History Museum in Oct 2013, attracted a sold-out crowd who listened to 9 excellent speakers and leaders in the field - here are the presentations.
Tags: Ethics, Healthcare, IEEE, Supercomputing
