This blog is written based on the participatory session (held 6 May 2021). In this session we continued to discuss…
Decoding… the European Commission Proposal on Regulation of AI Systems
This blog is written based on the participatory session (held 29 April 2021). This session focused on the fresh and…
Decolonizing AI and Indigenous Protocols
This blog is written based on the participatory session (held 01 April 2021). Suggested readings: Jason Edward Lewis, et al. 2020. Indigenous…
Public Trust, Transparency and Meaningful Feedback
With the adoption of AI as a means for determining access to many public services and its integration into many…
Coded Bias: Virtual Watch Party, March 24, 2021
Written by Amel Bourdoucen, in collaboration with Sid Rao and Prof. Nitin Sawhney who co-hosted the event. What is the…
Big Data and AI Surveillance
Written by Amel Bourdoucen, Elli-Maija Virtanen, Mia Lavanti and Taika Nummi who led the participatory session (held 18 March 2021) this post…
Reflections on Ethics and Politics of AI
Written by Sebastian Szyller, Nicola Dainese, Aini Putkonen and two other course participants who led the participatory session (held 4…
AI Ethics in Practice: Designing for Citizens
Invited lecture by: Meeri Haataja, CEO and Co-Founder, Saidot.ai, March 11, 2021. Suggested Readings: Meeri Haataja, Linda van de Fliert and Pasi…
on knowledge and where we get it from
When I discovered the book Data Feminism almost a year ago, I could have never imagined we would have the…
Artificial stupidity
“This post was written for you by our state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence” What do you think when you read that sentence?…
On Emotion (in Tech)
Reflections on Data Feminism and our session with Catherine D’Ignazio – by Helmi Korhonen
Re-imagining AI for the Global South
Invited lecture by: Nithya Sambasivan, Staff Researcher at PAIR and HCI-AI group lead, Google Research India, February 25, 2021. Suggested Readings: Sambasivan, N., Arnesen, E.,…
Reflections on AI & Global South
This short blog post is a reflection on “Re-imagining Algorithmic Fairness in India and Beyond” by Sambasivan et al. (2021) and “AI…
Coded Bias: Film Screening and Panel Discussion, March 25, 2021
We are excited to announce a virtual screening of the award-winning film Coded Bias and a discussion with the filmmaker and…
Visceral Lambda Calculus
The book Data Feminism states as its third main principle: “Data feminism teaches us to value multiple forms of knowledge,…
Data Feminism
Invited Lecture by Catherine D’Ignazio, Assistant Professor of Urban Science & Planning and Director of Data + Feminism Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),…
Towards accountability in data science
Reflections on the session “Situating Big Data and AI in Societal Context” Laura Uusitalo & Kaisla Kajava The week’s readings…
Situating Big Data and AI in Societal Context
This blog post is a reflection on Situating Methods in the Magic of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence by M.…
Genesis of this Course
This newly emerging course on Critical AI and Data Justice in Society at Aalto University critically examines the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and data-centric technologies in society.
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I give it a brief thought. Or I’d like to think that I give it a brief thought. Although, if…
Elena Mazurova
I’m a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at Aalto School of Business, Department of Information and Service Management, specializing in Information Systems…
