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Interviews with data workers in China and Australia reveal the precarious, exploitative conditions of this new branch of the gig economy.

AI bias isn’t just an error in the algorithm. It’s a chain of human decisions

Technical fixes to AI systems aren’t enough. What’s needed is an overhaul of AI eco-systems to ensure they’re more inclusive.

Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?

Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition. The post Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Are You in Danger of Becoming a Robot?

How interacting with social chatbots could reduce your “personhood” The post Are You in Danger of Becoming a Robot? appeared first on Nautilus.

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

Policing and incarceration in the twenty-first century are not wholly human practices. The strategies, tactics, and encounters that organize the carceral state are developed and prosecuted in collaboration with inhuman technologies that “we” do not and cannot fully understand. In