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View article: Normative Evaluation of Large Language Models with Everyday Moral Dilemmas
Normative Evaluation of Large Language Models with Everyday Moral Dilemmas Open
The rapid adoption of large language models (LLMs) has spurred extensive research into their encoded moral norms and decision-making processes. While prior work often evaluates LLMs using survey-style prompts tied to ideological, moral, or…
View article: Normative Evaluation of Large Language Models with Everyday Moral Dilemmas
Normative Evaluation of Large Language Models with Everyday Moral Dilemmas Open
The rapid adoption of large language models (LLMs) has spurred extensive research into their encoded moral norms and decision-making processes. Much of this research relies on prompting LLMs with survey-style questions to assess how well m…
View article: Intersectional Experiences of Unfair Treatment Caused by Automated Computational Systems
Intersectional Experiences of Unfair Treatment Caused by Automated Computational Systems Open
This paper reports on empirical work conducted to study perceptions of unfair treatment caused by automated computational systems. While the pervasiveness of algorithmic bias has been widely acknowledged, and perceptions of fairness are co…
View article: Discovering and Interpreting Biased Concepts in Online Communities
Discovering and Interpreting Biased Concepts in Online Communities Open
Language carries implicit human biases, functioning both as a reflection and\na perpetuation of stereotypes that people carry with them. Recently, ML-based\nNLP methods such as word embeddings have been shown to learn such language\nbiases…
View article: Digital hermeneutics: scaled readings of online depression discourses
Digital hermeneutics: scaled readings of online depression discourses Open
When it comes to understanding experiences of illness, humanities and social sciences research have traditionally reserved a prominent role for narrative. Yet, depression has characteristics that withstand the form of traditional narrative…
View article: Bias and Discrimination in AI: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective
Bias and Discrimination in AI: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective Open
With the widespread and pervasive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for automated decision-making systems, AI bias is becoming more apparent and problematic. One of its negative consequences is discrimination: the unfair, or unequal trea…
View article: Discovering and Categorising Language Biases in Reddit
Discovering and Categorising Language Biases in Reddit Open
We present a data-driven approach using word embeddings to discover and categorise language biases on the discussion platform Reddit. As spaces for isolated user communities, platforms such as Reddit are increasingly connected to issues of…
View article: Advancements in technology and digital media in tourism
Advancements in technology and digital media in tourism Open
This article discusses the concomitant processes of increasing familiarisation, responsiveness and responsibility that digital technology enables in the realm of tourism. We reflect on the influence of the proliferation of interactive digi…
View article: Discovering and Interpreting Conceptual Biases in Online Communities.
Discovering and Interpreting Conceptual Biases in Online Communities. Open
Language carries implicit human biases, functioning both as a reflection and a perpetuation of stereotypes that people carry with them. Recently, ML-based NLP methods such as word embeddings have been shown to learn such language biases wi…
View article: Transparency for Whom? Assessing Discriminatory Artificial Intelligence
Transparency for Whom? Assessing Discriminatory Artificial Intelligence Open
Artificial intelligence decision making can cause discriminatory harm to many vulnerable groups. Redress is often suggested through increased transparency of these systems. But for what group are we implementing it? This article seeks to i…
View article: Discovering and Categorising Language Biases in Reddit
Discovering and Categorising Language Biases in Reddit Open
We present a data-driven approach using word embeddings to discover and categorise language biases on the discussion platform Reddit. As spaces for isolated user communities, platforms such as Reddit are increasingly connected to issues of…
View article: Touring the Animus : Assassin's Creed and chronotopical movement
Touring the Animus : Assassin's Creed and chronotopical movement Open
The Assassin’s Creed videogame series, developed by Ubisoft, is known for its representation of historical places and eras, such as Jerusalem during the Crusades and Paris during the French Revolution. The current article takes an interest…
View article: Pilgrim or Tourist? Modelling Two Types of Travel Bloggers
Pilgrim or Tourist? Modelling Two Types of Travel Bloggers Open
The typological distinction between pilgrims and tourists has often been drawn in tourism studies. This article aims at complementing this debate by applying computational techniques to analyse discourses in a corpus of blogs from the Dutc…
View article: The production of locality on peer-to-peer platforms
The production of locality on peer-to-peer platforms Open
A recurrent subject in modern travel discourses is formed by anti-tourism: a desire of travellers to reach beyond the allegedly superficial experiences that the tourism industry fosters. This paper explores the anti-touristic attitude in t…
View article: Police punishment and the infrapolitics of (online) anti-police protest
Police punishment and the infrapolitics of (online) anti-police protest Open
Diarmaid Harkin recently called for a theory of police punishment and its public acceptance. He stated that police violence is ‘provided with a warranty of approval and encouragement from larger, aggregate, deeply held emotions and sensibi…