[Air-L] agency / neutrality of algorithms

[Jat Singh]

Has anyone come across any papers that dive into the tech details of
the algorithms themselves, particularly for machine learning, in this
context?

There’s a great one by Jenna Burrell: “How the machine ‘thinks’,
Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms”, but wondering
if there are others?

Thanks!!


On 1 June 2016 at 12:17, Andrew Herman <aherman at wlu.ca> wrote:
> Alex
>
> This is awesome! Thanks so much for putting together.
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> Hi everyone,
>
> The response has been amazing, thank you all for your wonderful suggestions
> on and off list. And sorry if I missed someone in responding personally.
> I took the liberty of putting together a public Google Doc with all the
> suggestions. I tried to keep it short but provide context where original
> authors supplied few lines of elaboration.
> The list is freely editable, so if you feel there's something missing or
> would rather not have your suggestions there - please edit it or email me
> and I'll do it.
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OaAnpaLaOQs0YgUaPZ0lEThy0EI9_RrjtrqdQYBYHMs/edit?usp=sharing
>
> regards,
> Alex.
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:51 AM Malte Ziewitz <mziewitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Alex, if you are specifically interested in the research strategy of
>> 'ethicizing' analytic objects, the following exchange might be a good
>> starting point:
>>
>> Kraemer, Felicitas, Kees Overveld, and Martin Peterson. 2010. “Is There an
>> Ethics of Algorithms?” Ethics and Information Technology 13 (3): 251–60.
>> doi:10.1007/s10676-010-9233-7.
>>
>> Anderson, Robert J., and Wesley W. Sharrock. 2013. “Ethical Algorithms: A
>> Brief Comment on an Extensive Muddle.”,
>>
>> http://www.sharrockandanderson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Ethical-Algorithms.pdf
>>
>> Taken together, the two articles highlight some of the (fascinating) issues
>> that arise from adding epithets like 'ethical,' 'neutral,' 'moral', etc. to
>> computational phenomena.
>>
>> All best,
>> Malte
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Josh Scannell <joshua.scannell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm a lurker on this listserv but I would like to second this list. It is
>> > invaluable.
>> >
>> > On Monday, May 30, 2016, Tarleton L. Gillespie <tlg28 at cornell.edu>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I'd like to recommend this:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://socialmediacollective.org/reading-lists/critical-algorithm-studies/
>> > >
>> > > Nick Seaver and I had been trying to keep tabs on this scholarship.
>> Many
>> > > of the pieces on this list, especially in sections 0.2, 1.1, and 1.2.
>> > >
>> > > Tarleton
>> > >
>> > > sent from my iphone, sorry for my fat fingers.
>> > >
>> > > > On May 30, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Elizabeth Anne Watkins <
>> > > writetowatkins at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > The Yale Information Society Project recently held a spectacular
>> > > conference
>> > > > on Algorithmic Accountability, which may be of interest:
>> > > >
>> > > > http://isp.yale.edu/node/6055
>> > > >
>> > > >> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Alex Gekker <gekker.alex at gmail.com
>> > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Hi list,
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I've been running into a lot of writing criticising the notion of
>> > > >> "algorithms are neutral" recently, but yet to find a scholarly work
>> > that
>> > > >> tackles the subject yet. Any recommendations?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Here are some examples for the types of arguments I'm interested in:
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > >
>> >
>> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/go-tweak-yourself-facebook/480258/
>> > > >> https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/05/18/facebook-trends/
>> > > >>
>> > > >> thanks,
>> > > >> Alex.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> =======
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Alex Gekker, PhD Candidate (Promovendus), Media and Culture, Utrecht
>> > > >> University.
>> > > >> Charting the Digital http://www.digitalcartography.eu/
>> > > >> http://alexgekker.com
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