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Lead Data Scientist, activist, survivor. Was actually assaulted by an actual right-wing terrorist. Opinions belong only to me, especially the bad ones. she/they

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    Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016

    So, let's talk about the ethics of data science in our new world.

    8:12 AM - 14 Nov 2016
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      2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        First, I want one thing to be clear: what I'm about to say is personal experience, and not per se a reflection of my employer.

        1 reply 3 retweets 20 likes
      3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        One thing that struck me recently is that Twitter's "While You Were Away" feature regularly shows me tweets from people I'm involved with.

        1 reply 6 retweets 15 likes
      4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        This is in noticeable disproportion to other folks that I regularly interact with here. Somehow, Twitter's algorithms infer a relationship.

        1 reply 5 retweets 16 likes
      5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Algorithms have this potential. And data scientists are the people with the skill and access to make that potential become real.

        1 reply 4 retweets 12 likes
      6. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Most data scientists possess both the knowledge, resources, connections, and informational access to be able to piece together these puzzles

        1 reply 5 retweets 12 likes
      7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        It's literally our job to do that.

        1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
      8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        But something is changing. We have a government that strongly supports surveillance culture. And it's closely linked to the tech industry.

        1 reply 13 retweets 27 likes
      9. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        But what's weird about data is the stuff you can do with inference that isn't obvious. You don't, e.g. need GPS to track someone accurately.

        1 reply 12 retweets 17 likes
      10. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        You can infer medical conditions from spending habits. Political affiliations with ZIP codes.

        1 reply 10 retweets 22 likes
      11. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        I talk sometimes about an algorithm I built once. It's potential for harm is so high that I don't even talk publicly about what it does.

        1 reply 13 retweets 22 likes
      12. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        This is the reality we have to face *every day* doing our mundane work. I _never_ expected this algorithm to do what it does.

        1 reply 10 retweets 19 likes
      13. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        When we're pulling together data on our users, we need to ask ourselves "what could this be used for? What harm can come?"

        1 reply 38 retweets 55 likes
      14. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        In reliability engineering, there is a process called FMEA -- Failure Mode Effect Analysis. It's a harm evaluation process.

        1 reply 11 retweets 26 likes
      15. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        You think of a failure that can happen, and score from 1-10 the likelihood of failure, the severity of harm given failure, and detectability

        1 reply 6 retweets 18 likes
      16. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Data Scientists probably need to start doing this. "What is the harm that happens from classifying this object incorrectly?"

        1 reply 35 retweets 66 likes
      17. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        It's well-known among data scientists that if you work hard enough, you can find a pattern in the data that matches whatever you want it to.

        1 reply 12 retweets 47 likes
      18. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        And we now have an administration that will use its reach to classify people as they see fit. What is the harm in what we build?

        2 replies 8 retweets 26 likes
      19. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        I read yesterday about librarians destroying patron records after the Patriot Act was passed. Are we willing to destroy our algorithms?

        7 replies 89 retweets 157 likes
      20. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Ask yourselves these questions: Are you willing to refuse an order? Is your manager sympathetic to user privacy?

        2 replies 32 retweets 47 likes
      21. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        These are moral touchstones that you need to be a data scientist now.

        1 reply 9 retweets 25 likes
      22. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        You might think, "nah, regulations prevent that sort of access." Watch those regulations evaporate overnight.

        1 reply 16 retweets 43 likes
      23. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        It's not about the math and coding anymore. Truthfully, it never was. But ask yourself if you want to be in charge of assembling the list.

        1 reply 29 retweets 65 likes
      24. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Sometimes we might have no choice. The courts can compel us to act. Warrants, subpoenas.

        1 reply 5 retweets 15 likes
      25. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        There's only so much we can do to resist and to build trust, but there's one action I'm going to take.

        1 reply 4 retweets 13 likes
      26. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Today I'm putting a canary in my profile (previous tweet I accidentally typed 'warrant').

        2 replies 9 retweets 26 likes
      27. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        That I have never been asked to deliver to a government a list of people to target based on behaviors.

        1 reply 9 retweets 27 likes
      28. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        As a trans woman, the incoming government has gone through extreme lengths to classify me as a sexual predator.

        1 reply 11 retweets 23 likes
      29. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        I'm sure if try hard enough you can build an algorithm to come to that conclusion for you. I'm not, but algorithms don't care.

        1 reply 10 retweets 21 likes
      30. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        I hope the owners of the data on me care enough to refuse that order. If you're a data scientist, I hope you refuse that order, too.

        1 reply 10 retweets 30 likes
      31. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 14 Nov 2016
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Fascism ideologically relies on technology to give it strength. As a data scientist, YOU are the technology. Act your conscience. Fin.

        10 replies 352 retweets 705 likes
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