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Biddle, J. “How Can We Know if You’re Serious? Ethics Washing and the Responsible Design of AI Systems.” Invited lecture given at the 2nd Applied Epistemology Workshop at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. September 22, 2023.
Biddle, J. “Organizations and Values in Science and Technology.” Invited lecture given to the Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Science Studies at Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. July 11, 2023.
Biddle, J. “AI, Ethical and Societal Implications, and Policy.” Invited lecture given to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Emerging Technologies Roundtable (ETR), Atlanta, Georgia. April 27, 2023.
Biddle, J. “Organizations and Values in Science and Technology.” Presented in the Symposium on Values and Scientific Institutions at the 28th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10-14, 2022.
Biddle, J. “Organizational Perspectives on Values in Science and Technology.” Presented at the 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. July 2-4, 2022.
Biddle, J. “Organizational Perspectives on Trust & Values in AI/ML.” Invited lecture given at the International Workshop on Trust and the Ethics of AI, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto. June 20, 2022.
Biddle, J. “An Organizational Approach to Values in AI/ML.” Presented at the 10th Annual Conference on Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. May 19-21, 2022.
Biddle, J. “Organizations and Values in AI Systems.” Presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Cincinnati, Ohio. February 24-27, 2022.
Hoffmann, M. and J. Biddle. “Ethical and Participatory Design of AI Technologies.” Presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Cincinnati, Ohio. February 24-27, 2022.
Biddle, J. “Exploring Values in Recidivism Prediction Systems: Inductive Risk, Epistemic Risk, and Organizational Perspectives.” Presented at the 27th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), Baltimore, Maryland. November 11-14, 2021.
Biddle, J. “Ethics in AI Regulation – Central and Inescapable.” Invited lecture presented at the France-Atlanta Conference on Ethical Management of AI: A European-American Dialogue, November 2, 2021.
Biddle, J. “Artificial Intelligence and Racial (In)Justice.” Online Conference of the Georgia Philosophical Society: Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Problems. March 25, 2021.
Biddle, J. “On Predicting Criminality: Epistemic Risk, Values, and Racial Justice in Machine Learning,” Invited lecture given to the University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, March 18, 2021.
Biddle, J. “AI, Epistemic Risk, and Ethical Values.” Invited lecture given at the Nunn Symposium, “The Politics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence,” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, March 3, 2021.
Biddle, J. “Artificial Intelligence and Racial Injustice: A Case Study on Algorithms in Criminal Sentencing.” Invited keynote address, Symposium on Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas, June 26, 2020.
Biddle, J. (2020). “Artificial Intelligence, Epistemic Risk, and Racial Injustice: A Case Study on Algorithms in Criminal Sentencing.” Invited keynote lecture originally scheduled to be given at the Mid-South Philosophy of Science Meeting, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. 3-4 April 2020. Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Biddle, J. “Unbiased Algorithms in a Biased Society? Epistemic Risk and Value Judgments in the Design of Recidivism-Prediction Tools.” Originally scheduled to be presented at the 2020 Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. March 13-15, 2020. Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Schiff, D., K. Laas, J. Borenstein, and J. Biddle. “Global Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Policy: Findings from a Review of International Documents.” Presented at the 2020 Annual International Conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Atlanta, Georgia. February 20-23, 2020.
Biddle, J. “Artificial Intelligence and Racial Injustice: A Case Study on Algorithms in Criminal Sentencing.” Presented at the 2020 Annual International Conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Atlanta, Georgia. February 20-23, 2020.
“Artificial Intelligence, Bias, & Epistemic Risk: Examining the Use of Algorithms in Criminal Sentencing.” Invited lecture given at the international workshop, “Representing and Intervening: AI Ethics Meets Philosophy of Science,” Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. 26 June 2019.
“Epistemic Risk, Citizen Science, and the Debate Over Algorithms in Criminal Sentencing in the United States.” Invited lecture given at the international workshop, “Citizen Science: New Epistemological, Ethical, and Political Challenges,” Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France. 6-7 June 2019.
“Reflections on Algorithmic Bias and the Use of Algorithms in Criminal Sentencing.” Invited lecture given at the international workshop, “Engaging with Science, Values, and Society,” University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. 8-10 May 2019.
“Epistemic Risks in Prostate Cancer Screening: Implications for Ethics and Policy.” Presented at the 26thBiennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), Seattle, Washington. 1-4 November 2018.
“’Antiscience Zealotry?’ Values, Epistemic Risk, and the GMO Debate.” Invited lecture given at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. 18 September 2018.
“Epistemic Risks in Prostate Cancer Screening: Implications for Ethics and Policy.” Presented at the 7th Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 28 June – 2 July 2018.
“Epistemic Risks in Prostate Cancer Screening: Implications for Ethics and Policy.” Presented at the 4th Meeting of the Consortium for Socially Responsible Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), Georgia Tech Academy of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. 5 June 2018.
“Epistemic Risks in Prostate Cancer Screening: Implications for Ethics and Policy.” Invited lecture given at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. 13 December 2017.
“Is Criticism of Biotechnology ‘Antiscientific’? Science, Values and the GMO Debate.” Presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. 18-20 May 2017.
“The Geography of Epistemic Risk.” Co-presented (with R. Kukla) at the 25th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), Atlanta, Georgia. 3-5 November 2016.
“From Inductive Risk to Epistemic Risk.” Presented at the 6th Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. 17-19 June 2016.
“From Inductive Risk to Epistemic Risk.” Presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology and the 3rd Meeting of the Consortium for Socially Responsible Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. 19-22 May 2016
“Can Criticism in Science Be Epistemically Detrimental?” Presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology and the 3rd Meeting of the Consortium for Socially Responsible Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. 19-22 May 2016.
“Climate Skepticism and the Manufacture of Doubt: Can Dissent in Science be Epistemically Detrimental?” Invited lecture given at the international workshop, The Epistemic Role of Manufactured Dissent in Climate Science, Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany. 28-29 October 2015.
“Inductive Risk, Epistemic Risk, and Overdiagnosis of Disease.” Presented at the 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Helsinki, Finland. 3-8 August 2015.
“Erring on the Side of Caution? Toward a More Nuanced Account of Risks in Science and Medicine.” Invited lecture given at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany. 8 July 2015.
“Inductive Risk, Epistemic Risk, and Overdiagnosis of Disease.” Presented at the 5th Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 24-26 June 2015.
“Genetically Engineered Crops and Responsible Innovation.” Presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), Michigan State University Detroit Center, Detroit, Michigan. 27-28 March 2015.