No One is Immune to AI Harms with Dr. Joy Buolamwini

In this interview, Dr. Joy Buolamwini argues that algorithmic
bias in AI systems poses risks to marginalized people. She
challenges the assumptions of tech leaders who advocate for AI
“alignment” and explains why some tech companies are hypocritical
when it comes to addressing bias. 


Dr. Joy Buolamwini is the founder of the Algorithmic Justice
League and the author of “Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect
What Is Human in a World of Machines.”


Correction: Aza says that Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, predicts
superintelligence in four years. Altman predicts
superintelligence in ten years.


 


RECOMMENDED MEDIA


Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini


“The conscience of the AI revolution” explains how we’ve arrived
at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid
its pitfalls


Coded Bias


Shalini Kantayya’s film explores the fallout of Dr. Joy’s
discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces
accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever
legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms
that impact us all


How I’m fighting bias in algorithms


Dr. Joy’s 2016 TED Talk about her mission to fight bias in
machine learning, a phenomenon she calls the "coded gaze."


 


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Protecting Our Freedom of Thought with Nita Farahany


The AI Dilemma


 


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