For whatever reason, I have never separated the technical from the ethical.

So much of our society as a whole is gearing us to maximize our salary or bonus. Basically, we just think in terms of money. Or, if not money, then, if you're in academia, it's prestige. It's a different kind of currency. And there's this unmeasured dimension of all jobs, which is whether it's improving the world.

Every system using data separates humanity into winners and losers.

That's what we do when we work in Silicon Valley tech startups: We think about who's going to benefit from this. That's almost the only thing we think about.

I would argue that one of the major problems with our blind trust in algorithms is that we can propagate discriminatory patterns without acknowledging any kind of intent.

There's less of a connection for a lot of people between the technical decisions we make and the ethical ramifications we are responsible for.

You'll never be able to really measure anything, right? Including teachers.