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Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Policy

The DSI aims to host, facilitate and promote research in social and economic data science

The dramatic rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomous systems raises technical and ethical questions about the role of data in society.  

Our approach combines expertise in the mathematics and methods of AI with a focus on their real-world implications for decision-making and the social, ethical, and philosophical ramifications of current trends.



Current DSI activity

DSI Affiliates

MarcosBarreto

Dr Marcos Barreto

Assistant Professorial Lecturer - Department of Statistics

Research interests: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Linkage & Analytics, Data Science, High-Performance Computing. See website for more information.

ChrisBlunt

Dr Chris Blunt

Assistant Professorial Lecturer and Co-Director of LSE100

Research interests: Philosophy of medicine, artificial intelligence, evidence and ethics, Evidence-Based Medicine, hierarchies of evidence, machine learning, natural language processing, clinical trial design, diagnostics.

Joshua-Loftus

Dr Joshua Loftus

Assistant Professor - Department of Statistics

I am interested in statistical and mathematical theory to support applications in the regulation, explanation, and control of machine learning and AI systems, especially in order to reduce social or environmental harms of the proliferation of such systems.

Disaggregated Interventions to Reduce Inequality (2021)

B Miller

Dr Blake Miller

Assistant Professor - Department of Methodology

A Powell

Dr Alison Powell

Associate Professor - Department of Media and Communications 

JUST AI Network (2022)

Chengchun Shi

Dr Chengchun Shi

Assistant Professor - Department of Statistics

My research lies in reinforcement learning and analysis of complex data, with applications to healthcare, ridesharing and neuroimaging.

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Dr Johanna Thoma

Associate Professor - Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

I work primarily on rational choice and philosophy of public policy, and have recently started to explore AI Governance and ethical design in my research.

Risk Imposition by Artificial Agents: The Moral Proxy Problem (forthcoming)
How should artificial agents make risky choices on our behalf? (2021)

Henry-Wynn

Professor Henry Wynn

Emeritus Professor of Statistics

Against Sacrifice (2021)

K Vredenburgh

Dr Kate Vredenburgh

Assistant Professor - Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

DSI Visiting Staff


 

Are you working on this topic? See your research published here by submitting an application to become a DSI Affiliate or to join our Visiting Appointment Scheme.

All applications are welcomed to these schemes that allow staff from across LSE and from other institutions to benefit from special access to DSI resources. Find out more here or via email.



Related LSE research

The strong research community at the London School of Economics also takes an interest in this research theme. As the cornerstone of data science at LSE, the DSI acts as a nexus for research and learning, working alongside other Departments and Institutes across the School.

The interdisciplinary Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science that explores philosophical, methodological and foundational questions arising in the natural and the social sciences has published research into the ethics of artifical intelligence.