Resources for the EMNLP 2023 paper "Thorny Roses: Investigating the Dual Use Dilemma in Natural Language Processing"
Dual use of scientific artefacts
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Did you explicitly outline the intended use of scientific artefacts you create?
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Can any scientific artefacts you create be used for surveillance by companies or governmental institutions?
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Can any scientific artefacts you create be used for military application?
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Can any scientific artefacts you create be used to harm or oppress any and particularly marginalised groups of society?
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Can any scientific artefacts you create be used to intentionally manipulate, such as spread disinformation or polarise people?
Prevention of dual use
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Did you access your institution's or other available resources to ensure limiting the misuse of your research?
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Have you been provided by your institution with ethics training that covered potential misuse of your research?
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Were the scientific artefacts you created reviewed for dual use and approved by your institution's ethics board?