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Fiona J McEvoy

Fiona J McEvoy

Raising Baby AI in 2024

Davos 2024 convened a panel of experts to terrify and reassure us in equal measure

Jan 24

Raising Baby AI in 2024

Jan 24

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Geek Culture

AI Ethics for Startups — 7 Practical Steps

Radiologists assessing the pain experienced by osteoarthritis patients typically use a scale called the Kellgren-Lawrence Grade (KLG). The…

Mar 11, 2021

AI Ethics for Startups — 7 Practical Steps

Mar 11, 2021

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The Startup

Deepfaking the Dead: Is it Ever Okay?

In February last year, the world baulked as the media reported that a South Korean broadcaster had used virtual reality technology to…

Jan 29, 2021

Deepfaking the Dead: Is it Ever Okay?

Jan 29, 2021

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DataDrivenInvestor

Playing to the Algorithm: Are We Training the Machines or…?

It is our human inclination to want to look good. Our desire to impress keeps the fashion industry alive, it also motivates many of us to…

Jan 11, 2021

Playing to the Algorithm: Are We Training the Machines or…?

Jan 11, 2021

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The Startup

How Do We Solve a Problem Like Election Prediction?

On November 3, two oppositional forces went head to head and the results were…divisive. With commentators and pundits still reeling from…

Nov 19, 2020

How Do We Solve a Problem Like Election Prediction?

Nov 19, 2020

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The Startup

Intentional Harm: Preparing for an Onslaught of AI-Enabled Crime

“The degree to which this diversity criminal acts may be enhanced by use of AI depends significantly on how embedded they are in a…

Oct 29, 2020

Intentional Harm: Preparing for an Onslaught of AI-Enabled Crime

Oct 29, 2020

Fiona J McEvoy

Here Are Five Reasons Consumers Won’t Buy Your Smart Home Device

In 2000, a group of researchers at Georgia Tech launched a project they called “The Aware Home.” The collective of computer scientists and…

Aug 14, 2020

Here Are Five Reasons Consumers Won’t Buy Your Smart Home Device

Aug 14, 2020

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The Startup

GPT-3: What Is All the Fuss About?

“GPT-3 is not a mind, but it is also not entirely a machine. It’s something else: a statistically abstracted representation of the…

Aug 4, 2020

GPT-3: What Is All the Fuss About?

Aug 4, 2020

Fiona J McEvoy

Why Employee Surveillance Is Not Okay

More businesses are looking to keep tabs on their employees amid the shift to home-based working. This undermines the new atmosphere of…

Jun 9, 2020

Why Employee Surveillance Is Not Okay

Jun 9, 2020

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The Startup

From Pandemic to Panopticon: Are We Habituating Aggressive Surveillance?

In Shoshana Zuboff’s 2019 book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, she recalls the response to the launch of Google Glass in 2012. Zuboff…

Apr 9, 2020

From Pandemic to Panopticon: Are We Habituating Aggressive Surveillance?

Apr 9, 2020

Fiona J McEvoy

Fiona J McEvoy

Tech ethics researcher. Founder of YouTheData.com. Tech issues for non-tech audiences. @YouTheData @FionaJMcEvoy

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