Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session L09: Artificial Intelligence and Humanity: Governance, Design, and Ethics
8:00 AM–10:24 AM,
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Sponsoring
Unit:
FPS
Chair: Savannah Thais, Princeton University
Abstract: L09.00002 : An Ecological Approach to Data Governance
8:36 AM–9:12 AM
Live
Presenter:
Jasmine McNealy
(University of Florida)
Author:
Jasmine McNealy
(University of Florida)
evidence for enhancing health services, infrastructure, zoning, and for addressing
environmental concerns. But data collection and use is spurring conflicts between cities,
corporate and civil society organizations, and constituents on the grounds of data ownership,
access, privacy, and security, spilling into the courts, the media, and public discourse.
In this talk I trace these conflicts to our perception of data as a singular piece of property. A
better metaphor for data would be that of a networked representation or observation in an
ecosystem. I argue that we require an ecological approach for understanding this era of
emergent technology and data -- both for creating adequate policy, and for protecting the
vulnerable.
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