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FEB 18, 2022 • Article
The Techno-Military-Industrial-Academic Complex
The Harvard Strike in the spring of 1969 emerged out of what we students perceived as the university’s complicity in the Vietnam War. After Harvard ...
FEB 17, 2022 • Article
Mapping AI & Equality, Part 5: The AI (De-)Legitimation & Distribution Crises
Humanity has entered an inflection point in human history. The convergence of crises caused by climate change, pandemics, structural inequality, and destabilizing technologies all contribute ...
FEB 10, 2022 • Article
Mapping AI & Equality, Part 4: Justice, Fairness, & Equal Opportunity
To date, much attention has been directed at ways in which AI can reinforce existing forms of bias including those around race, gender, and disabilities ...
FEB 3, 2022 • Journal Online Exclusive
What We've Been Reading
Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s some of what we’ve been reading this ...
FEB 3, 2022 • Article
Mapping AI & Equality, Part 3: AI’s role in altering the human condition and what it means to be human
The current AI discourse revolves around a core question: Will the human condition be improved through AI, or will AI transform the human condition in ...
JAN 28, 2022 • Journal Online Exclusive
Ethical Fandom in an Era of State-Owned Teams: The Case of Newcastle United
Many sports teams are owned by individuals and companies that engage in legally and morally dubious activities. For players and for fans, it is important ...
JAN 27, 2022 • Article
Mapping AI & Equality, Part 2: Defining AI & Equality
Artificial Intelligence is a contested term. Generally, it refers to the simulation of human cognitive capabilities (discrete forms of intelligence) by machines. However, there has ...
JAN 27, 2022 • Article
If “trust is a must,” three practical things that AI regulators need to do
“On artificial intelligence, trust is a must, not a nice-to-have,” proclaimed Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s digital chief, in a statement launching the long-awaited ...
JAN 20, 2022 • Article
Mapping AI & Equality, Part 1: Navigating the promise and peril of technological innovation
In mapping AI and equality, it is helpful to develop broad categories that highlight distinct trajectories showing how AI impacts people and their relationships with ...
JAN 6, 2022 • Article
One Year After the January 6 Insurrection, Democracy Needs a Rallying Cry
On the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, groups across society are increasingly worried about the state of democracy. But as the pressure on democracy ...