Data Ethics Discussions to Anticipate AI Harms

The increasing deployment of AI across industries has led researchers, journalists, and civil groups to question the ethics and values that these AI systems have been developed with or embody. Sparked by scandals such as racially discriminatory facial recognition software and colonial practices in data work, these conversations have birthed legislation and research agendas dedicated to algorithmic impacts on society.

A lot of this work so far has concentrated on producing generalised regulation and frameworks, which lack the contextual detail that is key to ethical decision-making. Technical practitioners, who often lack training in ethical discussion, need tools to support them in applying the abstract frameworks to the context of the industries, user groups and organisations they are operating in.

This talk explores a variety of methods to create spaces for discussing ethics and values of data and AI systems in their application contexts, such as the collaboratively designed toolkit called the Data Ethics Emergency Drill. 

This seminar is also available for remote joining on Zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/98581580748