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Personal data can be used to create an AI that can mimic a user’s behaviour. (Shutterstock)

June 4, 2023

AI clones made from user data pose uncanny risks

Dongwook Yoon, University of British Columbia

User-generated data can be used to build AI clones who can sound and behave like the source individual.

Professional writers may be threatened by artificial intelligence’s ability to generate text. (Shutterstock)

July 28, 2022

Rather than threaten jobs, artificial intelligence should collaborate with human writers

Dongwook Yoon, University of British Columbia

Artificial intelligence can generate text much quicker and cheaper than professional human writers. Soon, AI will have the capacity to produce text that is indistinguishable from a human writer.

Service provider apps are set up in ways that endanger gig workers. (Shutterstock)

July 5, 2022

Delay and deflect: How women gig workers respond to sexual harassment

Ning Ma, University of British Columbia and Dongwook Yoon, University of British Columbia

Rating services on ride and task apps disadvantage gig workers, whose future work assignments are affected by their ratings. Women workers are made vulnerable, and have to contend with harassment.

It’s challenging to make virtual assistants sound natural and conversational? (Shutterstock)

June 7, 2021

Making virtual assistants sound human poses a challenge for designers

Dongwook Yoon, University of British Columbia and Joanna McGrenere, University of British Columbia

As the use of virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa expand in homes and workplaces, designers are working to make voice exchanges more natural.

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