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As Leaving Cert students have found out, algorithms can be flawed

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By Birgit Schippers
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Opinion: algorithms increasingly rule our world, but most of us are not sufficiently trained or knowledgeable to know about how they work By Birgit Schippers, St Mary's University College Belfast The row over calculated grades errors for the Leaving Cert mirrors the political furore that ensued over algorithmic grading in Britain and Northern Ireland. For the class of 2020, algorithms became a symbol of computer-automated social inequality and a barrier to social mobility.
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The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking Ethics in International Relations

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By Birgit Schippers
| Routledge Verified
Table of Contents Introduction Birgit Schippers PART I New Directions in International Ethics 1 Complexity Thinking and the Relational Ethics of Global Life Emilian Kavalski 2 Anarchism and Global Ethics Alex Prichard 3 The Ethics of Global Encounter Michael J. Shapiro 4 Time, Decolonial Ethics and Invention Anna M. Agathangelou 5 Race and Ethics in International Relations T.D. Harper-Shipman and Lewis R.
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Coronavirus: drones used to enforce lockdown pose a real threat to our civil liberties

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By Birgit Schippers
| The Conversation Verified
Drones are often seen as weapon against terrorist suspects, a state snooping device or a novelty tool for delivering things like pizza. But since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, drones have acquired a new role. They now deliver medical supplies to vulnerable and often isolated individuals and communities in countries such as Rwanda, Ghana and Chile. In China and India, drones are used to disinfect public spaces.
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