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Automated data wrangling works in commercial applications, but without analogous open source tools access to open data will fall behind.

17-05-2021 By Marit Hoefsloot When talking about public spaces, we distinguish the physical public space from the digital public space. For example, during the opening session of the Public Spaces conference on 12 March, a clip was shown that described why digital public spaces are important (watch the clip at 5:25). In the current system of public platforms on the internet, these platforms are under the control of commercial companies that see citizens as objects, rather than subjects. The clip continues to tell us that the commercial nature of the digital spaces ‘is like having your passp...

A Drop of Life, 2007 and Catching the Sun, 2015)—began streaming globally on Netflix in April. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2020 and has since received positive reviews and several awards including Best International Documentary at the 2020 Calgary International Film Festival. The central argument of Coded Bias is that the computer algorithms used in artificial intelligence, machine learning and facial recognition systems are “embedded” with the race and gender biases of society as a whole. Coded Bias (2020) In developing this theme, the documentary featur...

Canada should be cautious about adopting automated systems at its borders that can affect decision-making around things like immigration and refugee applications, write Petra Molnar and Jamie Liew.

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