The question of diversity within machine learning
picture courtesy of #WOCinTechChat Written by Camille Eddy In my role as a machine learning intern, I go to work every day and start my job. I turn on my computer and start looking at my next tasks....
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When tackling culture bias in Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is important to understand how much we use AI in our everyday lives. There are quite a few applications, and while they all have different...
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The noise about disruptive tech is deafening; Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) creating crypto-millionaires at a pace causing even governments to worry, brain + machine interfaces and your face replacing...
View ArticleRacial Bias and Gender Bias Examples in AI systems
This article is a snippet from the postgraduate thesis of Alex Fefegha, the amazing technologist and founder of Comuzi. Here he breaks down concrete examples of racism and sexism perpetrated by A.I. So...
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View ArticleDiversity Alone Will Not Be The Solution To Bias In AI
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View ArticleWhat if an Algorithm Decided Whether You Could Stay in The Country?
The detention of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border [in every single case presented], the wrongful deportation of 7,000 foreign students accused of cheating on a language test, racist or sexist...
View ArticleFrom Google to Amazon to Self -Driving Cars: How Racially Biased Products...
Across the board, facial/human recognition tools have proven to be erroneous when it comes to accurately identifying dark skin colors. These errors show up in two ways: I. The product mistakes people...
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View ArticleMeet The Black Women Trying to Fix AI
It’s no secret that artificial intelligence, algorithms, and big data have a problem with gender and racial bias. These systems can be biased based on who builds them, how they’re developed, and how...
View ArticleWhitewashing Tech: Why the Erasures of the Past Matter Today
In the 1930s Dr Gertrude Blanch led the important Mathematical Tables Project, a nearly 450-person effort to compute logarithmic, exponential, and other calculation results essential to the American...
View ArticleHow Tech Solutions Can Help Speed Up Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa
The year 2020 sprung the coronavirus surprise on the whole world, a surprise it is yet to recover from. After a year without a cure, two clinically tested and globally approved vaccines were released...
View ArticleThe Story of One The Highest-Ranking Black Americans in the Fortune 200 –...
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View ArticleWe Need People of Color at the Table if We Want Technology Policy That Works...
Technology is increasingly integrating into our daily lives at a breakneck pace. Although we love the latest apps and enjoy the ability to freely express ourselves online, we must also contend with...
View ArticleMeet 8 Black Product Designers Building Inspirational and Inclusive Tech...
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View ArticleMeet The Founder Who Raised $3.2M To Tackle Corporate Bias With Virtual Reality
Elise Smith is leading the way in developing more conscious leaders in the workplace. She is the co-founder of Praxis Labs, a company that has created a virtual-reality-based platform that allows...
View Article“There Was Definitely No Shock When I Heard About The Incident”– The Fallout...
A group of tech and diversity pioneers is calling for robust action to be taken as Facebook’s facial recognition software mistakenly labeled a video featuring Black men as “about primates.” Marcel...
View ArticleMeet C.L.Ai.R.A, The World’s First AI Afro-Latina With The ‘Sharpest Brain In...
Create Lab Ventures has teamed up with Trill or Not Trill to launch the world’s first artificial intelligence Afro-Latina, A. I robot, who made her debut at school systems worldwide on Monday....
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Startup Showdown is a unique opportunity for early-stage startups to present to well-known investors and innovators in the tech ecosystem as they look to take their company to the next level. All...
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