How can you, as a junior data professional, help ensure your company's data work is more ethical? Here are practical strategies and tactics. The post Practical Data Ethics — How You Can Make Your Data Work More Ethical appeared first on Dataquest.

The tech industry is racing towards an AI-laden future at a breakneck pace in a manner quite reminiscent of the microprocessor race of the late 70s. In this case we’re stepping beyond the ability to perform calculations quickly and have instead opened the floodgate to legal and ethical questions that …

The pace of life and industry is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Interconnected tech, inconceivably fast data processing capabilities and sophisticated methods of using this data all mean that we’re living in fast-forward. The Data Natives Conference 2018 will be exploring life at an accelerated pace, and what rapid innovation …

Knowing how to conduct a successful data science experiment is critical for businesses if they want to effectively target and understand their customers. With these experiments, comes a responsibility for understanding big data ethics.

Knowing how to conduct a successful data science experiment is critical for businesses if they want to effectively target and understand their customers. With these experiments, comes a responsibility for understanding big data ethics.

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Imagine being an investor before Volkswagen’s recent emissions scandal. Now imagine pricing in the risk of Volkswagen’s governance controls relative to their peers before that. Or, imagine being able to account for Chipotle’s food safety risks

Imagine being an investor before Volkswagen’s recent emissions scandal. Now imagine pricing in the risk of Volkswagen’s governance controls relative to their peers before that. Or, imagine being able to account for Chipotle’s food safety risks

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Ethical concerns arise when data scientists do not follow good practices when collecting, handling, presenting, and modeling data. As an aspiring professional in data science, your personal viewpoint should not matter.

Ethical concerns arise when data scientists do not follow good practices when collecting, handling, presenting, and modeling data. As an aspiring professional in data science, your personal viewpoint should not matter.

When it comes to autonomous technology of any kind, the first thing that often comes to our minds is our safety, our well-being, and our survival. What are the self driving car ethics? It’s not ridiculous for us to have these concerns.

When it comes to autonomous technology of any kind, the first thing that often comes to our minds is our safety, our well-being, and our survival. What are the self driving car ethics? It’s not ridiculous for us to have these concerns.

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If we took a hard look at every model ever built for classifying who is the optimal candidate for- -a credit loan -a job promotion -a free scholarship -or any other opportunity, would we see a pattern in certain groups of people being granted these opportunities over others?

Reading Time: < 1 minute5 Min Read The post How to Detect Algorithmic Bias and Skewed Decision Making appeared first on Data Science Blog.

If we took a hard look at every model ever built for classifying who is the optimal candidate for- -a credit loan -a job promotion -a free scholarship -or any other opportunity, would we see a pattern in certain groups of people being granted these opportunities over others?

We have come a long way since the days of horrific human experiments during World Wars, the Stanford prison experiment, the Guatemalan STD Study, and many more where inhumane treatments were all in the name of science. However, we still have much to learn.