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The Aesthetics of the Internet – Context as a Medium
(Prix Ars Electronica, 1997-06-19)The Internet connects computers, people, sensors, vehicles, telephones, and just about anything together in a global network which is fast and cheap. This interconnectedness is the context. Context represents the way and ... -
Interventions over Predictions: Reframing the Ethical Debate for Actuarial Risk Assessment
(Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 2017)Actuarial risk assessments might be unduly perceived as a neutral way to counteract implicit bias and increase the fairness of decisions made at almost every juncture of the criminal justice system, from pretrial release ... -
Emergent Democracy
(2004)This essay argues that a new form of democracy — an “Emergent Democracy” — will develop as a result of the use of Internet communication tools and platforms such as blogs. The essay explores a variety of tools available ...