Algorithms define the meaning we get from data. Arbitrary decisions are regularly built into our analytics by chosen method, setting parameters, or dealing with missing values. These value judgments are not present in the privacy discussion or business point of view. However, they may be much more important than the more obvious data collection or secure storage.

1. ALGORITHM ETHICS
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Majken Sander, Joerg Blumtritt
@majsander @jbenno

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def eratosthenes(n):
multiples = []
for i in xrange(2, n+1):
if i not in multiples:
print i
for j in xrange(i*i, n+1, i):
multiples.append(j)
Algorithms

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Ethics

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Ethics Value Judgme

7. What you see is… what you
expect

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‘Most(ly) true’

11. • no-fly example
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No
flight?

12. LOGIC AI VS. PROBABILISTIC AI
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Probabilistic is the new logic

13. 13Algorithmic Information

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Algorithmic Death

15. Algorithmic Self

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Mistakes like a bounced check or a small overdraft have effectively
blacklisted more than a million low-income Americans from the
mainstream financial system for as long as seven years as a result of
little-known private databases that are used by the nation’s major
banks.
Algorithmic Valuation

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The Quantified Self

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Majken Sander
@majsander
Joerg Blumtritt
@jbenno