David Watson

King's College London

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London, England WC2R 2LS

United Kingdom

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The epistemological foundations of data science: a critical analysis

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Jules Desai, David Watson, Vincent Wang, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford - Faculty of Philosophy, King's College London, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute and Yale University - Digital Ethics Center
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Black box; Data-driven science; Data science; Epistemology; Foundationalism; Philosophy of science.

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The Explanation Game: A Formal Framework for Interpretable Machine Learning

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2020
David Watson and Luciano Floridi
King's College London and Yale University - Digital Ethics Center
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Algorithmic Explainability, Explanation Game, Interpretable Machine Learning, Pareto Frontier, Relevance

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The Ethics of Online Controlled Experiments (A/B testing)

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Nov 2022
Andrea Polonioli, Riccardo Ghioni, Ciro Greco, Prathm Juneja, Jacopo Tagliabue, David Watson and Luciano Floridi
Coveo Labs, Coveo Solutions Inc, University of Florence - Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, South Park Commons, University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute, South Park Commons, King's College London and Yale University - Digital Ethics Center
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A/B tests, Research Ethics, Digital Ethics, Governance, Applied Ethics

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Models for Classifying AI Systems: The Switch, the Ladder, and the Matrix

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Jun 2022
Jakob Mökander, Margi Sheth, David Watson and Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute, AstraZeneca, King's College London and Yale University - Digital Ethics Center
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Artificial Intelligence, AI Systems, Ethics, Classification, Governance, Material Scope, Mental Models

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The Rise of Partisan Affective Polarization in the British Public

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2019
Nahema Marchal and David Watson
University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute and King's College London
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affective polarization; partisanship, British public, partisan bias, social identity

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The US Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 vs. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: What can they learn from each other?

Mökander, J., Juneja, P., Watson, D.S. et al. The US Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 vs. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: what can they learn from each other?. Minds & Machines (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-022-09612-y
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 18 Nov 2022
Jakob Mökander, Prathm Juneja, David Watson and Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, King's College London and Yale University - Digital Ethics Center
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Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Legislation, United States, European Union

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Conceptual Challenges for Interpretable Machine Learning

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2021
David Watson
King's College London
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Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Explainability, Interpret-Able Machine Learning, Scientific Explanation, Severe Testing

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Clinical Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms: Beyond the Black Box

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Apr 2019
David Watson, Jenny Krutzinna, Ian Bruce, Christopher Griffiths, Iain McInnes, Michael Barnes and Luciano Floridi
King's College London, University of Bergen - Department of Administration and Organization Theory, The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, University of Glasgow, Queen Mary University of London and Yale University - Digital Ethics Center
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Machine learning, explainability, black box algorithms

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On The Philosophy of Unsupervised Learning

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
David Watson
King's College London
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Machine learning, metaphysics, epistemology, clustering, abstraction, generative modeling

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Are the Dead Taking Over Facebook? A Big Data Approach to the Future of Online Death

Big Data & Society. Doi.org/10.1177/2053951719842540
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Jun 2019
Carl Ohman and David Watson
University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, Students and King's College London
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Death Online, Digital Afterlife, Mortality, Ethics, Digital Preservation, Facebook

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Local Explanations Via Necessity and Sufficiency: Unifying Theory and Practice

Synthese
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2022
David Watson, Limor Gultchin, Limor Gultchin, Ankur Taly and Luciano Floridi
King's College London, University of Oxfordaffiliation not provided to SSRN, Google Inc. - Google Research Mountain View and Yale University - Digital Ethics Center
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Philosophy, Ethics, Technology, AI

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The Paradox of Poor Representation: How Voter-Party Incongruence Curbs Affective Polarization

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 May 2021
Nahema Marchal and David Watson
University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute and King's College London
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Incongruence, Ideology, Representation, Affective Evaluations, UK