Atlas Lab

An educational resource for lawyers to learn about automated decision making technologies & a resource to cultivate collective strategies for AI cases globally

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Today @AurumLinh & @Jonny_McCully launch their @mozilla project @AtlasLabHQ aimed at closing the knowledge gap between technology & law by building a resource for those working on the front lines of #AI & #humanrights #litigation 1/

https://t.co/aGdxyYSuUj

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In 2016, the Wisconsin Supr. Crt examined a #riskscoring #algorithm that was being used by sentencing courts: #COMPAS

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It highlighted threats posed by such tools to the fairness of sentencing decisions & gave some cautions against them

Read more: https://t.co/RbKdPXDG1W

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In 2018, a secret #algorithm was rolled out in France to allocate university places to candidates #Parcoursup

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The secrecy was challenged at the @Conseil_constit, which held that this was an exception to laws on #algorithmtransparency

Read more: https://t.co/CCFq4pp9ks

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Between 2011 and 2015, teachers in Houston were fired on the basis of a shady, secret #algorithm

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@HFT2415 took the school district to #court & got a decision that recognised the threat posed by such algorithms to #dueprocess rights

Read more: https://t.co/CGdIF9zUO9

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In 2018, @SCC_eng decided on a near-20yr legal battle challenging #riskassessment tools in the Canadian criminal justice system

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It found that the authorities failed to take sufficient steps to ensure they were free from "cultural bias"

Read more: https://t.co/pFhWMvBcUZ

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#MachineLearning & other algorithmic systems violate our #humanrights, but how can these violations be raised before the courts?

Check out our step-by-step guide to taking a #humanrights case against dangerous & harmful machines ⚖️🤖

https://t.co/6fE2sUyRKu

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Check out our Case Studies page, which includes summaries of court decisions dealing with a range of algorithmic systems, from #riskscoring models used in the criminal justice system to an #algorithm making discriminatory decisions against #gigworkers

https://t.co/VIing8GGkH

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"We wanted to build a tool that deconstructs what it means to build a machine learning system & take a human rights case to court. Atlas Lab [is a resource] that can be used when working on the front lines of AI & human rights litigation." @Jonny_McCully

https://t.co/UAXUs51ewk

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What are #machinelearning models? How do they inform decisions in the real world? How do they "learn"? What is a #dataset?

Check out our no math🚫🧮 guide to the machine learning process, which sets out the human decisions behind algorithmic systems #ArtificialIntelligence

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“Atlas Lab provides lawyers with in-depth guides to strengthen their litigation as well as guides that focus on the process of litigation for technologists and other non-lawyers, building bridges between these two disparate industries.” @AurumLinh

https://t.co/lJNopyXxhj

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#ICYMI We launched this week! #AtlasLab consists of 3 resources:

1. a no code explainer to #machinelearning models
2. a step-by-step guide to challenging such systems through #humanrights litigation
3. a database of court decisions bridging these domains
https://t.co/aGdxyYATvJ

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We hope that these guides & case studies will be a useful resource for the future of #humanrights litigation challenging damaging & harmful machines & #AI. As we said above, we are open to feedback so please do get in touch!

[Atlas Lab @AtlasLabHQ]

Today @AurumLinh & @Jonny_McCully launch their @mozilla project @AtlasLabHQ aimed at closing the knowledge gap between technology & law by building a resource for those working on the front lines of #AI & #humanrights #litigation 1/

https://t.co/aGdxyYSuUj

[Atlas Lab @AtlasLabHQ]

Sándor Léderer, @TijmenWisman & @Zhulieta.

Also, thanks to @ContiCook @EkkerAnton @glennrodnyc Jeff Katz, Katherine Zhou @ochieljd @SweeLengHarris @smithsam for their input. 14/