Ability to Appeal
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Ability to Restrict Processing
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Accountability
Accountability refers to the professional and legal standards determining who is responsible and legally liable...
Adversarial Exemplars
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Agency
Human agency refers to a person’s capacity to make autonomous decisions and exercise control or...
AI & Hiring
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AI Agents
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AI as Infrastructure
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AI Ethics
Defining the field.
AI Lifecycle
AI Lifecycle refers to the comprehensive process through which artificial intelligence (AI) systems are designed,...
Bayesian Inference
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Belmont Report
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Beneficence
Beneficence, the principle of doing good, complements the ethic of nonmaleficence—do no harm. Beneficence is a...
Bias
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Big Data
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Biometrics
Biometrics refers to the automated recognition of individuals based on their unique physiological and behavioral...
Black Box
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Brain Data
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Bullying
Bullying in AI refers to the misuse or manipulation of artificial intelligence technologies, particularly generative...
BUS: Business Sectors
The Business Sectors encompass a wide range of industries and enterprises engaged in commercial, industrial,...
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a state statute intended to enhance privacy rights...
Catastrophic Forgetting
Catastrophic forgetting, also known as catastrophic interference, is a phenomenon in artificial neural networks where...
Chatbot
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CIA Triad
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Co-intelligence
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Cognitive Computing
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Cognitive Liberty
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COM: Media and Communication
The Media and Communication sector encompasses organizations, platforms, and individuals involved in the creation, dissemination,...
Data
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Data Augmentation
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Data Mining
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Data Protection Officers
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Data Science
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Data-centric Engineering
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Database
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Decision Networks
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Deep Learning
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Deep Reinforcement Learning
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EDU: Education and Research
The Education and Research sector encompasses institutions and organizations dedicated to teaching, learning, and scholarly...
Emergent Behavior
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Emotion Detection
Design thinking for AI.
End-to-End Learning
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ENV: Environmental and Energy
The Environmental and Energy sector encompasses organizations and entities involved in managing natural resources, producing...
Environmental Responsibility
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Equality
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Ethics Washing
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Evaluation
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Explainability
Explainability in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the ability to provide clear...
Recommended Citation: "Glossary" In AI & Human Rights Index, edited by Nathan C. Walker, Dirk Brand, Caitlin Corrigan, Georgina Curto Rex, Alexander Kriebitz, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, and Tanya de Villiers-Botha. Camden, NJ: AI Ethics Lab, Rutgers University, 2025. Accessed January 25, 2025. https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/.
