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Everyone is welcome to get involved in _Data Ethics Club_, as much or as little as you'd like to! We would love to [hear your point of view at our discussion groups](#upcoming-meetings), to have your support in [organising or running a meeting](organising), or to add your [contributions](contributing) to our reading list.  

You don't need to be a data ethicist (we're not!), or a data scientist - having a variety of different people is how we learn from each other. It's a friendly and welcoming group and we often have new people drop by, so why not try it?  

We meet every other week for one hour on Zoom (Wednesdays, 1pm, UK time) to talk about something from [the reading list](../reading-list).
Out upcoming meeting dates are available below. 
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Please read our [Code of Conduct](code-of-conduct) before attending.

## Upcoming meetings

These are the meetings for the next academic term.  
We will update the material and questions based on the previous weeks' vote.  

All meetings are held at 1pm **UK** time and last one hour.
If you are in another timezone please [use a time/date converter like this one to check your local time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html)!  

Join the meeting on the following Zoom link: https://bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96026442410  

[You can see the write ups of previous meetings here!](../write_ups/write-ups)  

### 25th September
Material: [ChatGPT is Bullsh*t](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5)

Discussion questions: 
1) Do you think that the labels of ChatGPT as a bullshit machine is fair?  
2) Do you think ChatGPT is a soft or a hard bullshitter? I.e. do you think it has the intention to mislead its audience or not?  
3) What do you think of the implications of the anthropomorphizing of AI tools? E.g. hallucination, learning, training, perception etc.  

[Read the writeup here!](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-09-25_writeup.html)

### 9th October
Material: [Time to reality check the promises of machine learning-powered precision medicine](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30200-4/fulltext)

Discussion questions:
1) How should we more meaningfully assess applications of ML to medicine (and other fields)?
2) Why do you think most of the reviewed ML methods are producing classifications (i.e. diagnosed or not diagnosed) instead of predicting a continuum of risk?
3) Do you think precision medicine itself is an epistemological dead end? What about stratified medicine? (identifying and predicting subgroups with a better and worse response)

Writeup: Coming soon!

### 23rd October
Material: [Transparent communication of evidence does not undermine public trust in evidence](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802351/)

[HackMD Link](https://hackmd.io/@data-ethics-club/r1z0N3sy1l/edit)

Suggested discussion questions: 
1. Were you surprised by the findings of the study? Do they mirror experiences in your own domain?
2. What do you think is behind the difference between the results of the nuclear power study and the vaccine study?
3. Should research articles have a place in persuading the public, or should their intention always be to focus on robust, trustworthy information? 

### 6th November - DEC Social Special
Very optional reading: [Data Ethics Club: Creating a collaborative space to discuss data ethics](https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(22)00134-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666389922001349%3Fshowall%3Dtrue)

Structure:
Go into breakout rooms and everybody does intros and shares (note taking optional if people don't want their details on the blog):
1. Who are you professionally?
2. What brings you to data ethics club?
3. Who are you outside of data?
   
Then as a group your discussion is about:
1. What's something you all have in common?
2. What's something that makes you all different?
3. As a group what's the most heroic/villainous data ethics thing you could do?

Then come back at the end and share!

### 20th November
To be decided.

### 4th December
To be decided.


## Past Meetings

You can see a record of what we have discussed previously here.
| Date | Discussion Material | Summary |
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Weekly in July/August 2024 | [Data Feminism Book Club](meetings/2024/data-feminism) | TBD |
| [04.06.2024](meetings/2024/06-jun/04-06-24_xmeeting.md), 11am | [How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJP5GqnTrNo) |[Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-06-04_writeup.html)|
| [22.05.2024](meetings/2024/05-may/22-05-24_meeting.md), 1pm | [The Myers-Briggs Test Has Been Debunked Time and Again. Why Do Companies Still Use It?](https://dataethicsclub.com/join_in/meetings/2024/05-may/22-05-24_meeting.html) | [Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-05-22_writeup.html) |
| [08.05.2024](meetings/2024/05-may/08-05-24_meeting.md), 1pm | [Amazon's Just Walk Out technology relies on hundreds of workers in India watching you shop](https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just-walk-out-actually-1-000-people-in-india-2024-4) | [Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-05-08_writeup.html) | 
| [24.04.2024](meetings/2024/04-apr/24-04-24_meeting.md), 1pm | [Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240308IPR19015/artificial-intelligence-act-meps-adopt-landmark-law) | [Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-04-24_writeup.html) |
| [27.03.2024](meetings/2024/03-mar/27-03-24_meeting.md), 1pm  | [Decolonial AI: Decolonial Theory as Sociotechnical Foresight in Artificial Intelligence](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-020-00405-8) | [Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-03-27_writeup.html) |
| [13.03.2024](meetings/2024/03-mar/13-03-24_meeting.md), 1pm  | Values in Generative AI (discussing Gemini and DignifAI)| [Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-03-14_writeup.html) |
| [28.02.2024](meetings/2024/02-feb/28-02-24_meeting.md), 1pm  | [Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find](https://www.404media.co/google-search-really-has-gotten-worse-researchers-find/)| [Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-02-28_writeup.html) | 
| [14.02.2024](meetings/2024/02-feb/14-02-24_meeting.md), 1pm  | [Italian Supervisory Authority clamps down on Replika chatbot](https://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9852506#english)| [Read the writeup](https://dataethicsclub.com/write_ups/2024-02-14_writeup.html) |
| [31.01.2024](meetings/2024/01-jan/31-01-24_meeting.md), 1pm  | [Duolingo cuts workers as it relies more on AI](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/10/duolingo-ai-layoffs/)|  [Read the write up](../write_ups/2024/31-01-24_writeup) |
| [17.01.2024](meetings/2024/01-jan/17-01-24_meeting.md), 1pm  | New Years Data Ethics Resolutions | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2024/17-01-24_writeup) | 
| [06.12.2023](meetings/2023/12-dec/06-12-23_meeting.md), 1pm | [Anatomy of an AI-Powered Malicious Social Botnet](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.16336.pdf) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/06-12-23_writeup) |
| [22.11.2023](meetings/2023/11-nov/22-11-23_meeting.md), 1pm | [Implementation of an ethics checklist at Seattle Children's Hospital](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7936507/pdf/ocaa307.pdf) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/22-11-23_writeup) |
| [08.11.2023](meetings/2023/11-nov/08-11-23_meeting.md), 1pm | [The Dimensions of Data Labor](https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3593013.3594070 ) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/08-11-23_writeup) |
| [25.10.2023](meetings/2023/10-oct/25-10-23_meeting.md), 1pm | [How influencer ‘mumpreneur’ bloggers and ‘everyday’ mums frame presenting their children online](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1329878X19828365) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/25-10-23_writeup) |
| [11.10.2023](meetings/2023/10-oct/11-10-23_meeting.md), 1pm | [Privacy and Loyalty Card Data](https://www.privacycompliancehub.com/gdpr-resources/loyalty-cards-virtual-try-on-tools-and-facial-recognition-technology-is-retail-the-next-sector-to-be-hit-by-a-privacy-scandal/)  | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/11-10-23_writeup) |
| [27.09.2023, 1pm](meetings/2023/09-sep/27-09-23_meeting.md) | [Cancelled in support of UCU strikes](https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13171/Start-of-university-term-to-be-hit-with-five-days-of-UK-wide-strikes) | N/A |
| [31.05.2023, 1pm](meetings/2023/05-may/31-05-23_meeting.md) | [Classifying 'toxic' content online](https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1590295662759153665) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/31-05-23_writeup) |
| 05.06.2023, 2pm | [JGI Data Week Special! Find out more here.](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-edition-of-data-ethics-clubonline-tickets-621726700297) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/05-06-23_writeup) |
| [17.05.2023, 1pm](meetings/2023/05-may/17-05-23_meeting.md) | [Designing Accountable Systems](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.08102.pdf) |  [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/17-05-23_writeup) |
| [03.05.2023, 1pm](meetings/2023/05-may/03-05-23_meeting.md)| [Queer in AI: A Case Study in Community-Led Participatory AI](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.16972.pdf)  | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/03-05-23_writeup) |
| [19.04.2023, 1pm](meetings/2023/04-apr/19-04-23_meeting.md) | [Social Biases in NLP Models as Barriers for Persons with Disabilities](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.00813.pdf) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/19-04-23_writeup) |
| 29.03.2023, 1pm | [The Tech We Won't Build](https://2022.internethealthreport.org/episodes/the-tech-we-wont-build/) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/29-03-23_writeup) |
| 08.03.2023, 3pm | [Limits and Possibilities for “Ethical AI” in Open Source: A Study of Deepfakes](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3531146.3533779), plus a related short talk from [David Widder](https://davidwidder.me/) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/08-03-23_writeup) |
| [08.02.2023, 1pm](meetings/2023/02-feb/08-02-23_meeting.md) | [ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00107-z) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/07-02-23_writeup) |
| [25.01.2023, 1pm](meetings/2023/01-jan/25-01-23_meeting.md) | Data Ethics New Years Resolutions discussion! | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2023/25-01-23_writeup) |
| [14.12.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/12-dec/14-12-22_meeting.md) | [Defective Altruism](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/09/defective-altruism) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/14-12-22_writeup) | 
| [16.11.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/11-nov/16-11-22_meeting.md) | [The Ethics of AI Generated Art](https://jamiearpinricci.medium.com/the-ethics-of-ai-generated-art-57fb04b71646) |  [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/16-11-22_writeup) |
| 30.11.2022, 1pm | [Cancelled in support of the UCU strikes](https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12609/Biggest-ever-university-strikes-set-to-hit-UK-campuses-over-pay-conditions--pensions) | |
| [02.11.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/11-nov/02-11-22_meeting.md) | [The data was there – so why did it take coronavirus to wake us up to racial health inequalities?](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/11/the-data-was-there-so-why-did-it-take-coronavirus-to-wake-us-up-to-racial-health-inequalities) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/02-11-22_writeup) |
| [19.10.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/10-oct/19-10-22_meeting.md) | [Patient and public involvement to build trust in artificial intelligence: A framework, tools, and case studies](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389922000988) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/19-10-22_writeup) |
| [05.10.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/10-oct/05-10-22_meeting.md) | [The Failures of Algorithmic Fairness](https://senseoffairness.blog/2020/12/17/the-failures-of-algorithmic-fairness/) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/05-10-22_writeup) |
| [21.09.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/09-sep/21-09-22_meeting.md) | [Hacking the cis-tem](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8634814) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/21-09-22_writeup) |
| [16.06.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/06-jun/16-06-22_meeting.md) | Data Week Special - [We watched a video by Virginia Eubanks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYxJU0WyJA) (author of Automating Inequality) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/16-06-22_writeup) |
| [01.06.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/06-jun/01-06-22_meeting.md) | [Participatory data stewardship](https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ADA_Participatory-Data-Stewardship.pdf) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/01-06-22_writeup) |
| [18.05.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/05-may/04-05-22_meeting.md) | [Why Data Is Never Raw](https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/why-data-is-never-raw) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/18-05-22_writeup) | 
| [04.05.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/05-may/04-05-22_meeting.md) | [Economies of Virtue: The Circulation of "Ethics" in Big Tech](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09505431.2021.1990875) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/04-05-22_writeup) |
| [06.04.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/04-apr/06-04-22_meeting.md) | [The Algorithmic Colonization of Africa](https://reallifemag.com/the-algorithmic-colonization-of-africa/) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/06-04-22_writeup) |
| [23.03.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/03-mar/23-03-22_meeting.md) | [The Tyranny of Structurelessness](https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm) |[Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/23-03-22_writeup)|
| [09.03.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/03-mar/09-03-22_meeting.md) | [AI in Warfare](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00127t9) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/09-03-22_writeup)  |
| 23.02.2022, 1pm | N/A | Cancelled due to UCU Strikes. |
| [09.02.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/02-feb/09-02-22_meeting.md) | [“You Social Scientists Love Mind Games”: Experimenting in the “divide” between data science and critical algorithm studies](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951719833404) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/09-02-22_writeup) |
| [26.01.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/01-jan/26-01-22_meeting.md) | [Which Programming Languages Use The Least Electricity?](https://thenewstack.io/which-programming-languages-use-the-least-electricity/) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/26-01-22_writeup) |
| [12.01.2022, 1pm](meetings/2022/01-jan/12-01-22_meeting.md) | [Data Ethics Club's New Years Resolutions](meetings/2022/01-jan/12-01-22_meeting.md) - read the meeting summary for an overview | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2022/12-01-22_writeup) |
| [15.12.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/12-december/15-12-21_meeting.md) | [The Reith Lectures: Onora O'Neill - A Question of Trust](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvd8)| [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/15-12-21_writeup) |
| 01.12.2021, 1pm: CANCELLED  [UCU STRIKE](https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11872/Universities-to-be-hit-with-three-days-of-strikes-in-December) | NA: CANCELLED [UCU STRIKE](https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11872/Universities-to-be-hit-with-three-days-of-strikes-in-December) | No meeting, but feel free to have a [read about the strikes here](https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11872/Universities-to-be-hit-with-three-days-of-strikes-in-December) |
| [17.11.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/11-november/17-11-21_meeting.md) | [Statistics, Eugenics, and Me](https://towardsdatascience.com/statistics-eugenics-and-me-29eaf43efac7) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/17-11-21_writeup) |
| [03.11.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/11-november/03-11-2021_meeting.md) | [UK's National AI Strategy - Pillar 3: Governing AI Effectively](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-ai-strategy/national-ai-strategy-html-version#pillar-3-governing-ai-effectively) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/03-11-21_writeup) |
| [20.10.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/10-october/20-10-21_meeting.md) | [Towards decolonising computational sciences](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.14258.pdf) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/20-10-21_writeup) |
| [06.10.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/10-october/06-10-21_meeting.md) | [Structural Injustice and Individual Responsibility](https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/structural-injustice-and-individual-responsibility/13486680) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/06-10-21_writeup) |
| NO MEETING 22.08 | NO MEETING 22.08 | N/A |
| [08.09.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/09-september/08-09-2021_meeting.md) | [ESR: Ethics and Society Review of Artificial Intelligence Research](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.11521.pdf) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/08-09-21_writeup) |
| [25.08.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/08-august/25-08-2021_meeting.md) | [Participant's Perceptions of Twitter Research Ethics](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2056305118763366)| [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/25-08-21_writeup) |
| [11.08.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/08-august/11-08-2021_meeting.md) | [What an ancient lake in Nevada reveals about the future of tech](https://www.fastcompany.com/90618225/what-an-ancient-lake-in-nevada-reveals-about-the-future-of-tech) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/11-08-21_writeup) |
| [28.07.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/07-july/28-07-2021_meeting.md) | [The Rise of Private Spies](https://newrepublic.com/article/161913/we-are-bellingcat-spooked-private-investigators) |  [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/28-07-21_writeup) |
| [14.07.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/07-july/14-07-2021_meeting.md) | [Numberphile: The Mathematics of Crime and Terrorism - Numberphile](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjspXB5F4A) |  [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/14-07-21_writeup) |
| [17.06.2021: Inclusive and Ethical Data Science Seminar](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-and-ethical-data-science-tickets-154266849299#) | Responsible Data and AI by [Anjali Mazumder](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/anjali-mazumder),  [Intro to The Turing Way](https://zenodo.org/record/4969380) by [Malvika Sharan](https://malvikasharan.github.io/), and [FAT Forensics ToolBox](https://fat-forensics.org/index.html) by [Alex Hepburn](https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/alex-hepburn) | N/A |
| [16.06.2021: Screening of Coded Bias](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-edition-of-data-ethics-club-coded-bias-screening-tickets-155911949839#) | [Coded Bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coded_Bias) | N/A |
| [26.05.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/05-may/26-05-2021_meeting.md)   |         ['Living in the Hidden Realms of AI: The Workers Perspective'](https://news.techworkerscoalition.org/2021/03/09/issue-5/)            | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/26-05-21_writeup) |
| [12.05.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/05-may/12-05-2021_meeting.md)  | [Critical Perspectives on Computer Vision](https://slideslive.com/38923500/critical-perspectives-on-computer-vision) | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/12-05-21_writeup) |
| [28.04.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/04-april/28-04-21_meeting.md)                                        | [We created poverty. Algorithms won't make that go away](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/13/we-created-poverty-algorithms-wont-make-that-go-away)                    | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/28-04-21_writeup) |
| [14.04.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/04-april/14-04-21_meeting.md) |  [Identifying gaps, opportunities and priorities in the applied data ethics guidance landscape](https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/identifying-gaps-opportunities-and-priorities-in-the-applied-data-ethics-guidance-landscape/)  | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/14-04-21_writeup) |
| [31.03.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/03-march/31-03-21_meeting.md)| [Dataism is Our New God](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/npqu.12080)        | [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/31-03-21_writeup) |
| [17.03.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/03-march/17-03-21_meeting.md)|[#bropenscience is broken science](https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/november-2020/bropenscience-broken-science)| [Read the write up](../write_ups/2021/17-03-21_writeup) |
| [03.03.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/03-march/03-03-21_meeting.md) | [Algorithmic injustice: a relational ethics approach (Birhane, 2021)](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389921000155) | [Nina's Twitter Summary](https://twitter.com/ninadicara/status/1367117597397893122?s=20)|
| [17.02.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/02-feb/17-02-21_meeting.md) | [On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?](http://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Stochastic_Parrots.pdf) | [Natalie's Twitter Summary](https://twitter.com/StatalieT/status/1362045192543600641?s=20)|
| [03.02.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/02-feb/03-02-21_meeting.md)| [Ethics can't be a side hustle](https://deardesignstudent.com/ethics-cant-be-a-side-hustle-b9e78c090aee) | [Nina's Twitter Summary](https://twitter.com/ninadicara/status/1356976821498175491?s=20) |
| [20.01.2021, 1pm](meetings/2021/01-jan/20-01-21_meeting.md)   | [Executive Summary of the Review into bias in algorithmic decision making](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cdei-publishes-review-into-bias-in-algorithmic-decision-making/main-report-cdei-review-into-bias-in-algorithmic-decision-making#executive-summary)| [Brief summary on the meeting document](meetings/2021/01-jan/20-01-21_meeting.md) |

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code-of-conduct.md
contributing.md
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