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Sonia Katyal on How to Lift the Veil Off Hidden Algorithms

12 Mar, 2019

Sonia Katyal on How to Lift the Veil Off Hidden Algorithms

In a forthcoming paper, Sonia Katyal, chronicles the implementation of algorithms and their often destructive nature. She identifies how intellectual property laws are being used to protect government bought software, often at the expense of our civil rights.

From the article:

“In the context of artificial intelligence, we see a world where, at times, intellectual property principles prevent civil rights from adequately addressing the challenges of technology, thus stagnating a new generation of civil rights altogether.”

Amid these concerns, activists, lawyers, and tech workers are gathering to seek ways to manage the way algorithms impact society.

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