Trans people are consistently undercounted in data thanks to flawed practices in collection, analysis and sharing. And if we don’t fix this, policy and advocacy will fail to address their needs.
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Digital tools need better ethics, otherwise they will further entrench inequality.
AI systems reflect human values. However, the human values embedded in AI are skewed to the utilitarian and away from the greater good.
The use of large language models like ChatGPT is growing globally. These technologies are trained on datasets that recreate biases — as their use increases, their datasets must become more diverse.
Spreadsheet-related errors can have serious consequences in the private and public sector. But what can we do to overcome them?
Key to diagnosing foetal alcohol syndrome is an assessment of certain facial features. A 3D facial scan is expensive but 2D images may offer a solution.
The political content in our personal feeds not only represents the world and politics to us. It creates new, sometimes “alternative”, realities.
For young New Zealand European fathers with a criminal conviction, having a son seems to have a large and persistent positive impact. What cultural and gender forces might be at work?
“Hackathons” can imply breaching security and privacy. To more accurately reflect their creative and constructive intent, they can be referred to instead as “datathons” or “code fests.”
The increasing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in public decision making is raising critical issues around fairness and human rights.
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Lecturer, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor (adjunct) and Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Professor in the School of Philosophy, North-West University
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Professor for Cognitive Computer Vision, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Public Policy, Monitoring and Evaluations, University of Johannesburg
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Research professor, University of Cambridge; University of Cape Town