Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies - Publications & Public Works
Centre for Critical Race and Digital Studies. List of publications, books, reports and videos regarding the intersection of race & digital/data/tech.
How Data Can Map and Make Racial Inequality More Visible (If Done Responsibly) | by The GovLab | Data Stewards Network | Medium
Racism is a systemic issue that pervades every aspect of life in the United States and around the world. In recent months, its corrosive…
How to make a chatbot that isn’t racist or sexist | MIT Technology Review
Tools like GPT-3 are stunningly good, but they feed on the cesspits of the internet. How can we make them safe for the public to actually use?
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Sometimes, to reckon with the effects of biased training data is to realize that the app shouldn't be built. That without human supervision, there is no way to stop the app from saying problematic stuff to its users, and that it's unacceptable to let it do so.
Review into bias in algorithmic decision-making - GOV.UK
Algorithmic Colonisation of Africa - Abeba Birhane
Colonialism in the age of Artificial Intelligence takes the form of “state-of-the-art algorithms” and “AI driven solutions” unsuited to African problems, and hinders the development of local products, leaving the continent dependent on Western software and infrastructure.
Between Antidiscrimination and Data: Understanding Human Rights Discourse on Automated Discrimination in Europe
Automated decision making threatens to
disproportionately impact society’s most vulnerable
communities living at the intersection of economic and
social marginalization. The report discusses