Algorithms that run our lives are racist and sexist. Meet the women trying to fix them
▻https://thecorrespondent.com/339/algorithms-that-run-our-lives-are-racist-and-sexist-meet-the-women-trying-to-fix-them/408646906239-2cd6132b
From insurance payments to courtroom sentencing, AI makes increasingly complex decisions about our lives. And our belief that data is neutral allows algorithms to get away with murder. The fight back is being led by those most likely to find themselves on the wrong side of a computer’s decision. Timnit Gebru was wary of being labelled an activist. As a young, black female computer scientist, Gebru – who was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but now lives in the US – says she’d always (...)
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