bias
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Brain power
The risks involved in using AI to make human decisions
AI can be very helpful, but we can’t think of technology as separate from the issues going on in society.
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Decolonising KM
One virus, two countries: how the misuse of science compounded South Africa’s COVID crisis
'First world' knowledge biases prevented South Africa from mobilising the energies and talents of most of its people against COVID-19.
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Brain power
AI-based credit risk tools can be ruined by noisy data
AI is increasingly being used to produce credit risk scores, but research highlights how bad data can cause such systems…
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Brain power
Artificial intelligence is now part of our everyday lives – and its growing power is a double-edged sword
A major new report on the state of artificial intelligence (AI) identifies where AI is at today, and the promise…
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Decolonising KM
The English language dominates global conservation science – which leaves 1 in 3 research papers virtually ignored
To have the best chance of halting Earth’s extinction crisis, we must harness the knowledge of people from around the…
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2020’s top 100 journal articles
Tracking historical changes in trustworthiness using machine learning analyses of facial cues in paintings [Top 100 research & commentary of 2020]
A strongly criticised study exposes the risks and dangers of algorithmic biases, and highlights the need to critically appraise all…
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2020’s top 100 journal articles
RETRACTED ARTICLE: The association between early career informal mentorship in academic collaborations and junior author performance [Top 100 research & commentary of 2020]
A retracted scientific collaboration mentoring study highlights the importance of critically appraising all scientific research evidence before use.
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Brain power
Cognitive bias sorting and resources
A guide on cognitive bias sorting ideas for psychologists and lay people.
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Brain power
What is our motivation when gathering information?
We tend to stop hunting for evidence the moment that data supports the conclusion we wished it to support when…
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Brain power
Many interventions are used to reduce implicit bias, but which ones actually work?
There is a growing awareness of implicit biases, and interventions and training programs aimed at reducing implicit bias are being…
