All Ethical Issues

By issue here what we mean is a concern that has either been raised as a problem or suggested as something that needs to be addressed. The ethical issues listed below are concerned specifically with the use of analytics and AI. Think we're an ethical issue? Submit your example here.

When Analytics Works

  • Surveillance
  • Tracking
  • Anonymity
  • Facial Recognition
  • Privacy Generally
  • Privacy Failures
  • Assessment Issues
  • Lack of Discretion
  • Lack of Appeal
  • Content Manipulation
  • Manipulation of the User
  • Microtargeting
  • Discrimination
  • Fear and Anxiety

    • When Analytics Does Not Work

  • Error
  • Reliability
  • Consistency Failure
  • Bias
  • Misinterpretation
  • Distortion
  • Bad Pedagogy
  • Irrelevance

    • Bad Actors

  • Misrepresentation
  • Conspiracy Theorists
  • Stalkers
  • Collusion
  • AI-Enabled Cheating
  • Audio/video impersonation
  • Driverless vehicles as weapons
  • Tailored phishing

    • When It is Fundamentally Dubious

  • Predicting Criminals
  • Racial Profiling
  • Identity Graphs
  • Autonomous Weapons
  • When We Don’t Know What the Consequences Will Be

    • Social and Cultural Issues

  • Opacity and Transparency
  • Alienation
  • Explainability
  • Accountability
  • Social Cohesion and Filter Bubbles
  • Feedback Effects
  • Inclusion
  • Consent
  • Surveillance Culture
  • Power and Control
  • An Oppressive Economy
  • Loss of Sense of Right and Wrong
  • Ownership
  • Responsibility
  • Winner Takes All
  • Environmental Impact
  • Safety