Some writings from me


2022 Reflections

Off the back of an extremely hectic 2021, 2022 definitely ended up being much less crazy, although kind of still just as busy - so generally a win. Only short reflections this year - not that much to say!

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Governance of automated content moderation on Facebook and other social media platforms

In this paper we will explore the use of AI for content moderation at Meta's Facebook and how we might go about governing this effectively

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Automated assessment - was the A-level grading algorithm fair?

In this paper, we will take a historical look at standardised testing, and then look at how design thinking can be applied to the issue of assessment while seeing how there is some overlap between the two

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Do phenomena like microtargeting and 'hypernudging' constitute a threat to children's autonomy?

In this essay, I will focus more on the phenomena of hypernudging than microtargeting, although the two concepts are arguably quite interlinked, and discuss whether hypernudging constitutes a threat to children’s autonomy in particular

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2021 Reflections

This year has been one of the busiest and most rewarding years of my life - which is especially weird because when I started the year I genuinely thought it would probably be the most chill year of my life

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How can dark sousveillance inform AI development?

Building on Mann's idea of sousveillance - defined by him as “enhancing the ability of people to access and collect data about their surveillance and to neutralize surveillance”

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Web accessibility and applying the POUR principles to our products

Within the last year, we have drastically increased the number of patient-facing products we have, and so it’s more important than ever for us that our products are accessible for every patient, regardless of how tech-savvy they are or what device they are using.

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On Software Engineering, Health-Tech and Ethics

In 2016 I read an article entitled "The code I’m still ashamed of" and it struck a chord with me, there was one quote that stood out to me - "As developers, we are often one of the last lines of defence against potentially dangerous and unethical practices"

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2020 Reflections

2020 was a bit of a mad year (for obvious reasons), but it was far from my hardest year, and I did actually find some positives throughout it. So here are some reflections on how 2020 was for me, and on what I want 2021 to look like.

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I read 100 books this year

At the start of 2020, I wanted to start reading again - it's always touted as something that all successful people do, but I was largely sceptical of this, so I thought I'd give it a go and see if it felt genuinely worth the time investment.

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