Podcast #34: Ben Green on Smart Enough Cities

Data technology researcher and author Ben Green punctures the myth of the smart city.

By Mo Lotman | August 8, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Community, Culture, Government, Human Rights, Law, Podcasts, Policing, Politics, Prediction, Privacy, Safety, Security, Society, Transportation | Alphabet, Autonomous Vehicles, Bike Share, Boston, Branding, Cameras, Cities, City Services, Civic Engagement, Civic Pride, Complexity, Data Gathering, Data Monetization, Democracy, Dynamic Systems, Efficiency, Engineering, Google, License Plate Readers, Mixed-Use, Optimization, Predictive Policing, Public Policy, Public Space, Racism, Reductionism, Richness, Seattle, Sensors, Sidewalk Labs, Smart Cities, Smart Technology, Social Justice, Street Life, surveillance, Surveillance Oversight Ordinances, Tech Goggles, Traffic, Transportation, Urban Design

Genetic Testing Kits: Unprecedented Privacy Risks

Consumer genetic testing puts sensitive, irreplaceable data about you—and unwitting members of your family—in places you can’t control.

By Sarah Russo | August 1, 2018 | Ethics, Genetics, Health, Identity, Law, Medicine, Policing, Privacy, Society | 23andMe, Abuse, Ancestry.com, Biology, Center for Genetics and Society, China, Crime, Databases, Discrimination, DNA, Genentech, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Hacking, Katie Hasson, Patent, Privacy, Profit, Race, Racism, surveillance, The Human Genome

Genetic Testing Kits: Fueling Historical Discrimination?

Ideas about genetic identity have fueled racism, discrimination, and even forced sterilization, making mass DNA gathering a fraught proposition.

By Sarah Russo | July 11, 2018 | Ethics, Genetics, Health, Identity, Medicine, Reproduction, Society | Biology, BRCA-1, Center for Genetics and Society, Disability, Discrimination, Disease, Ethnicity, Eugenics, Gender, Gene Editing, Genetic Engineering, Genetic Screening, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Germline Editing, Health Disparities, Healthcare, Hemophilia, Illness, Injustice, Katie Hasson, Muscular Dystrophy, Race, Racism, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sterilization, Stigma, The Human Genome

Podcast #14: Cathy O’Neil on the problem of algorithms

Mathematician Cathy O’Neil shares her insider’s look at how algorithms are gaming our world, with terrible consequences for those who can least afford them.

By Mo Lotman | December 13, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Education, Government, Media, Podcasts, Politics, Prediction, Society | Algorithms, Banking, Big Data, Black Box, College Rankings, COMPAS, Credit, Criminal Justice, Data Brokers, DE Shaw, Education, Facebook, Inequality, Internet, Julia Angwin, LSI-R, Math, Micro-Targeting, Optimization, Politics, Polling, Predatory Advertising, Racism, Recidivism, Risk, Scoring Systems, Teachers, Testing, Unfairness, US News & World Report, Value-Added Model, Websites

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