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View article: AI’s Sociological Era
AI’s Sociological Era Open
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a social structure cloaked in technical blackboxes and polarizing narratives. Sociology is the study of society from a structural perspective, delineating the interplays between individuals, organizations, i…
View article: Making Bodies: Assumptions in the Design and Validation of Motion Capture Technology
Making Bodies: Assumptions in the Design and Validation of Motion Capture Technology Open
Motion capture technologies are increasingly being incorporated into key aspects of social life, but embed potentially harmful assumptions. We examine the structural factors that allow for assumptions to solidify in motion capture systems …
View article: Disability portrayals in artificial intelligence text-to-image generation: Influence of context and the medicalization of disability.
Disability portrayals in artificial intelligence text-to-image generation: Influence of context and the medicalization of disability. Open
Disability diversity decreases dramatically when AI-generated images place disabled people in a medical environment. As TTI generation grows more ubiquitous, further work by model developers to mitigate representational harms is vital. (Ps…
View article: Boolean Clashes: Discretionary Decision Making in AI-Driven Recruiting
Boolean Clashes: Discretionary Decision Making in AI-Driven Recruiting Open
Using a systems-based approach that integrates AI functionalities with human practices.
View article: A systematic review of regulatory strategies and transparency mandates in AI regulation in Europe, the United States, and Canada
A systematic review of regulatory strategies and transparency mandates in AI regulation in Europe, the United States, and Canada Open
In this paper, we provide a systematic review of existing artificial intelligence (AI) regulations in Europe, the United States, and Canada. We build on the qualitative analysis of 129 AI regulations (enacted and not enacted) to identify p…
View article: Careless Whisper: Speech-to-Text Hallucination Harms
Careless Whisper: Speech-to-Text Hallucination Harms Open
Speech-to-text services aim to transcribe input audio as accurately as\npossible. They increasingly play a role in everyday life, for example in\npersonal voice assistants or in customer-company interactions. We evaluate Open\nAI's Whisper…
View article: The Cadaver in the Machine: The Social Practices of Measurement and Validation in Motion Capture Technology
The Cadaver in the Machine: The Social Practices of Measurement and Validation in Motion Capture Technology Open
Motion capture systems, used across various domains, make body representations concrete through technical processes. We argue that the measurement of bodies and the validation of measurements for motion capture systems can be understood as…
View article: Tackling AI Hyping
Tackling AI Hyping Open
The introduction of a new generation of AI systems has kicked off another wave of AI hype. Now that AI systems have added the ability to produce new content to their predictive capabilities, extreme excitement about their alleged capabilit…
View article: Controversies, contradiction, and “participation” in AI
Controversies, contradiction, and “participation” in AI Open
This commentary examines the inherent contradictions between participation in artificial intelligence (AI), controversy studies, and AI narratives.
View article: Materiality and Risk in the Age of Pervasive AI Sensors
Materiality and Risk in the Age of Pervasive AI Sensors Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems connected to sensor-laden devices are becoming pervasive, which has notable implications for a range of AI risks, including to privacy, the environment, autonomy and more. There is therefore a growing n…
View article: The Cadaver in the Machine: The Social Practices of Measurement and Validation in Motion Capture Technology
The Cadaver in the Machine: The Social Practices of Measurement and Validation in Motion Capture Technology Open
Motion capture systems, used across various domains, make body representations concrete through technical processes. We argue that the measurement of bodies and the validation of measurements for motion capture systems can be understood as…
View article: Editorial: New teaching and learning worlds - potentials and limitations of digitalization for innovative and sustainable research and practice in education and training
Editorial: New teaching and learning worlds - potentials and limitations of digitalization for innovative and sustainable research and practice in education and training Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Educ., 28 March 2023Sec. Digital Education Volume 8 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1175498
View article: Participation Is not a Design Fix for Machine Learning
Participation Is not a Design Fix for Machine Learning Open
This paper critically examines existing modes of participation in design practice and machine learning. Cautioning against 'participation-washing', it suggests that the ML community must become attuned to possibly exploitative and extracti…
View article: Resume Format, LinkedIn URLs and Other Unexpected Influences on AI Personality Prediction in Hiring: Results of an Audit
Resume Format, LinkedIn URLs and Other Unexpected Influences on AI Personality Prediction in Hiring: Results of an Audit Open
Automated hiring systems are among the fastest-developing of all high-stakes AI systems. Among these are algorithmic personality tests that use insights from psychometric testing, and promise to surface personality traits indicative of fut…
View article: German AI Start-Ups and AI Ethics: Using A Social Practice Lens for Assessing and Implementing Socio-Technical Innovation
German AI Start-Ups and AI Ethics: Using A Social Practice Lens for Assessing and Implementing Socio-Technical Innovation Open
Within the current AI ethics discourse, there is a gap in empirical research on understanding how AI practitioners understand ethics and socially organize to operationalize ethical concerns, particularly in the context of AI start-ups. Thi…
View article: A Silicon Valley love triangle: Hiring algorithms, pseudo-science, and the quest for auditability
A Silicon Valley love triangle: Hiring algorithms, pseudo-science, and the quest for auditability Open
In this perspective, we develop a matrix for auditing algorithmic decision-making systems (ADSs) used in the hiring domain. The tool is a socio-technical assessment of hiring ADSs that is aimed at surfacing the underlying assumptions that …
View article: An External Stability Audit Framework to Test the Validity of Personality Prediction in AI Hiring
An External Stability Audit Framework to Test the Validity of Personality Prediction in AI Hiring Open
Automated hiring systems are among the fastest-developing of all high-stakes AI systems. Among these are algorithmic personality tests that use insights from psychometric testing, and promise to surface personality traits indicative of fut…
View article: Technology, equity and social justice roundtable
Technology, equity and social justice roundtable Open
Only a summary overview is provided. This roundtable discussion, sponsored by a SSHRC Connection Grant, brings together four international faculty members from a range of academic and industry backgrounds in engineering and social sciences…
View article: A Silicon Valley Love Triangle: Hiring Algorithms, Pseudo-Science, and the Quest for Auditability
A Silicon Valley Love Triangle: Hiring Algorithms, Pseudo-Science, and the Quest for Auditability Open
In this paper, we suggest a systematic approach for developing socio-technical assessment for hiring ADS. We suggest using a matrix to expose underlying assumptions rooted in pseudoscientific essentialized understandings of human nature an…
View article: On the Need for Mapping Design Inequalities
On the Need for Mapping Design Inequalities Open
This article introduces the special issue “Design Inequalities” and the articles contained within it. It provides a new conceptual framework by looking at design as a way of “making society” and exploring how design is entangled with socia…
View article: Inequality Is the Name of the Game: Thoughts on the Emerging Field of Technology, Ethics and Social Justice
Inequality Is the Name of the Game: Thoughts on the Emerging Field of Technology, Ethics and Social Justice Open
This paper argues that the hype around ‘ethics’ as panacea for remedying algorithmic discrimination is a smokescreen for carrying on with business as usual. First, it analyses how the current discourses around digital innovation and algori…
View article: Making artificial intelligence socially just: why the current focus on ethics is not enough
Making artificial intelligence socially just: why the current focus on ethics is not enough Open
We are in the midst of an unprecedented surge of investment into artificial intelligence (AI) research and applications. Within that, discussions about 'ethics' are taking centre stage to offset some of the potentially negative impacts of …