Will Orr
Biographic Data
| ID | 6043791 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Will Orr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Will |
| FAMILY NAME | Orr |
| SIGNATURE | ORR W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6720-5794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evaluating metrics of fairness
AI-mediated hiring is increasingly recognized as a high-stakes domain under emerging global regulatory frameworks, prompting new questions about how notions of fairness and suitability are constructed and communicated. Drawing on research in algorithmic opacity and quantification, this study critically examines how AI hiring tools frame these concepts discursively. Through an analysis of technical documents, marketing materials, and public narrat…
Ghosts in the Data
Absences are inescapable in data. Data collection always focuses on some elements while occluding others. Yet, how absences are considered and recorded within data infrastructures markedly transforms the inferences that can be made. Tracing a genealogy from early databases to contemporary AI datasets, this paper explores how data infrastructures have grappled with the inherent incompleteness of data. Specifically, I uncover a tension between a de…
The social construction of datasets
Despite the critical role that datasets play in how systems make predictions and interpret the world, the dynamics of their construction are not well understood. Drawing on a corpus of interviews with dataset creators, we uncover the messy and contingent realities of dataset preparation. We identify four key challenges in constructing datasets, including balancing the benefits and costs of increasing dataset scale, limited access to resources, a …
Necrocapitalism in the Gig Economy
Although recent deaths of multiple couriers on the road have raised awareness of the dangers of on‐demand food delivery, there remains limited government regulation of the industry in many jurisdictions. In this article, we argue that the labour conditions of platform couriers in Australia constitute a case of necrocapitalism (Banerjee), a contemporary form of accumulation through which organisational structures harness the power of debilitation …
Attributions of ethical responsibility by Artificial Intelligence practitioners
Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) are increasingly normalized as part of work, leisure, and governance in contemporary societies. Although ethics in AI has received significant attention, it remains unclear where the burden of responsibility lies. Through twenty-one interviews with AI practitioners in Australia, this research seeks to understand how ethical attributions figure into the professional imagination. As institutionally embe…
Necrocapitalism in the Gig Economy
Although recent deaths of multiple couriers on the road have raised awareness of the dangers of on‐demand food delivery, there remains limited government regulation of the industry in many jurisdictions. In this article, we argue that the labour conditions of platform couriers in Australia constitute a case of necrocapitalism (Banerjee), a contemporary form of accumulation through which organisational structures harness the power of debilitation …
The social construction of datasets
Despite the critical role that datasets play in how systems make predictions and interpret the world, the dynamics of their construction are not well understood. Drawing on a corpus of interviews with dataset creators, we uncover the messy and contingent realities of dataset preparation. We identify four key challenges in constructing datasets, including balancing the benefits and costs of increasing dataset scale, limited access to resources, a …
Attributions of ethical responsibility by Artificial Intelligence practitioners
Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) are increasingly normalized as part of work, leisure, and governance in contemporary societies. Although ethics in AI has received significant attention, it remains unclear where the burden of responsibility lies. Through twenty-one interviews with AI practitioners in Australia, this research seeks to understand how ethical attributions figure into the professional imagination. As institutionally embe…
Necrocapitalism in the Gig Economy
Although recent deaths of multiple couriers on the road have raised awareness of the dangers of on‐demand food delivery, there remains limited government regulation of the industry in many jurisdictions. In this article, we argue that the labour conditions of platform couriers in Australia constitute a case of necrocapitalism (Banerjee), a contemporary form of accumulation through which organisational structures harness the power of debilitation …
The social construction of datasets
Despite the critical role that datasets play in how systems make predictions and interpret the world, the dynamics of their construction are not well understood. Drawing on a corpus of interviews with dataset creators, we uncover the messy and contingent realities of dataset preparation. We identify four key challenges in constructing datasets, including balancing the benefits and costs of increasing dataset scale, limited access to resources, a …
Ghosts in the Data
Absences are inescapable in data. Data collection always focuses on some elements while occluding others. Yet, how absences are considered and recorded within data infrastructures markedly transforms the inferences that can be made. Tracing a genealogy from early databases to contemporary AI datasets, this paper explores how data infrastructures have grappled with the inherent incompleteness of data. Specifically, I uncover a tension between a de…
Evaluating metrics of fairness
AI-mediated hiring is increasingly recognized as a high-stakes domain under emerging global regulatory frameworks, prompting new questions about how notions of fairness and suitability are constructed and communicated. Drawing on research in algorithmic opacity and quantification, this study critically examines how AI hiring tools frame these concepts discursively. Through an analysis of technical documents, marketing materials, and public narrat…
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (4 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Knowledge management (2 works)