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Huffer, D., Wood, C. and Graham, S. 2019 What the Machine Saw: some
questions on the ethics of computer vision and machine learning to
investigate human remains trafficking, Internet Archaeology 52.
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.52.5

This new article has just been published in Internet Archaeology 52, and
represents the next step in the authors' efforts to understand the online
human remains trade, how, why and where it exists on social media.

https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.52.5

Expanding on earlier research (also published Internet Archaeology
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.45.5) which explored the 'rhetoric' and
structure behind the use and manipulation of images and text by this
collecting community, this current research goes on to address the ethical
and moral dilemmas that can confound the use of new technology to classify
and sort thousands of images.

The article maps out some pressing and acute issues at the nexus of machine
learning and cultural heritage and will be useful for all those undertaking
machine learning (not just archaeologists) to think about the deployment of
their systems.

Judith
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