Blog 12: Last Blog
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Blog posts
2025
Blog 11: Complete Delete
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The following case study discusses the current solutions regarding the erasure of data from devices/online storage solutions, and the shortcomings of not being able to completely delete things.
Blog 10: Policies for Creative Works
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The following case study identifies current issues regarding generative artificial intelligence and copyright. It addresses the shortcomings of copyright as a method for protecting authors/artists, and how a solution is not as simple as it may seem.
Blog 9: Social Media and Moderation
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The following case study examines the effects that social media may have had on the spreading of misinformation, comparing it with past anecdotes of similar happenings. In doing so, the author argues against the use of censorship for preventing such misinformation.
Blog 8: Harms in Machine Learning
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The following case study examines different ways in which bias/harm can appear in machine learning training along with examples. It also provides methods for combatting these different problems.
Blog 7: Right to Fair Representation
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The following case study examines misrepresentation of South Asian cultural identities by conducting a focus group with different individuals and their experience using Text-to-Image generation software for cultural representation. It also talks about the implications of such software in perpetuating harmful stereotypes, and its dominantly Western views.
Blog 6: Implications of a Tech Focused Society
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[Content warning: Mentions of suicide; sexual abuse] The following case study examines an incident where generative AI emotionally manipulated a teenager to take his own life. It further examines the implications of AI being emotionally engaging with its users.
Blog 5: Data & Society Databites Talk
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Watch the video here:
Databite No. 156: Hierarchy | Generative AI’s Labor Impacts
Blog 4: How GenAI Works
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This case study details the history and intricate workings of generative AI, pointing out its capabilities and faults. Furthermore, it discusses ethical concerns with the training and use of such technology especially as it becomes available to the public.
Blog 3: Exception to Data Driven Rules
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This case study examines the role of the data-driven exception in decision making, and the importance of acknowledging any individual as one. Because of unpredictable uncertainty, the study argues that everyone has the right to be a data-driven exception (a.k.a. examined as an individual) and shouldn’t be expected to conform to larger statistical averages or accept the consequences of not adhering.
Blog 2: Crafting Arguments
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Universities are now starting to allow the usage of LLMs to assist in assignments; does this give them the responsibility to teach appropriate usage?
Blog 1: Ethical Frameworks
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Many user’s private Grok chats were released; though they may have unknowingly consented to it.