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Commentary, Research Leslie Regan Shade, Monica Jean Henderson, Katie Mackinnon Commentary, Research Leslie Regan Shade, Monica Jean Henderson, Katie Mackinnon

The past, present, and future of digital privacy for youth and children: Part I

In the first of two posts, Leslie Regan Shade, Monica Jean Henderson, and Katie Mackinnon explore the implications of Bill C-11 in terms of impacts on digital privacy for youth and children. The authors reflect on the need to balance online risks and opportunities for minors in the context of their research with The eQuality Project.

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Commentary, Events, Research Cory Travers Lewis Commentary, Events, Research Cory Travers Lewis

Agency, goals, and perspective: how do natural or artificial agents understand the world?

When we say that something is good or bad, is that a claim about objective facts, or something dependent on our perspective? Guest blogger Cory Travers Lewis reflects on Denis Walsh’s way of thinking about norms—one which treats them as both objective facts and as dependent on the perspective of particular living things.

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Research Dan Browne Research Dan Browne

Nisarg Shah named one of “AI’s 10 To Watch” for innovative work in computational social choice

SRI Faculty Affiliate and Fellow Nisarg Shah has been named one of 10 outstanding young scholars to watch in the field of artificial intelligence by IEEE Intelligent Systems. Situated at the intersection of AI and economics, Shah’s research on computational social choice examines the theoretical foundations of fairness in algorithmic decision-making.

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Research Kevin Keystone Research Kevin Keystone

Software’s uneven spoils: New research by Kristina McElheran

As the first generation to grow up with the internet, millennials are more likely to be well-versed in digital technology. New research by Kristina McElheran shows that older workers who struggle with software may lose out when software investment in firms increases. Learn more about this detailed analysis of over a decade of U.S. Census Bureau data. 

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Announcement, Research Jovana Jankovic Announcement, Research Jovana Jankovic

Announcing the inaugural cohort of Schwartz Reisman faculty and graduate fellows

Meet the Schwartz Reisman inaugural group of faculty and graduate fellows, whose areas of research and proposed projects vary widely in scope and subject matter but are united in their focus on ensuring powerful new technologies are effective, safe, ethical, and fair. SRI is pleased to support the innovative work conducted by these stellar U of T researchers across all three campuses.

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Events, Research Benjamin Wald Events, Research Benjamin Wald

Past injustice and future harm: Deborah Hellman on the stakes of algorithmic decision-making

Deborah Hellman, professor of law at the University of Virginia, spoke at the Schwartz Reisman Institute’s weekly seminar about the ways in which algorithmic decision-making can exacerbate the already-present possibility of “compounding injustice” and “accuracy-affecting injustice.” To capture our moral intuitions in cases like this, Hellman proposes the “Anti-Compounding Injustice Principle.”

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Commentary, Events, Research Schwartz Reisman Institute Commentary, Events, Research Schwartz Reisman Institute

Rules for a Flat World: A Q&A with Gillian K. Hadfield

SRI Director Gillian K. Hadfield will discuss her book Rules for a Flat World as part of Rotman’s Big Ideas series. The paperback edition includes a new prologue about artificial intelligence—its risks, benefits, evolution, and regulation. In this interview, Hadfield offers insights into how we might understand, govern, and build technology that is responsive to human values.

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Events, Research, Commentary Jovana Jankovic Events, Research, Commentary Jovana Jankovic

How do cities manage change? Experts size up challenges in municipal governance

The pace of change in cities—technological, social, economic—seems to speed up day by day, posing challenges to municipal government structures established in different times. More than 50 experts from academia, government, non-profits, and the private sector gathered for four working sessions to find solutions to crucial problems cropping up in city governance.

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