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Can an App be Racist?     (originally published as Working Better)

Can an App be Racist? (originally published as Working Better)

FromLook Both Ways


Can an App be Racist? (originally published as Working Better)

FromLook Both Ways

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Algorithms and AI affect so many aspects of everyday life. Although AI can deliver extraordinary value and insight, it can also hurt people. Bias via racial, gender and other forms of discrimination get embedded into digital products and affect people’s lives. So how does this happen? What’s being done to overcome bias in AI, and is it enough?In this episode of Working Better, we dive deep into the issue of bias in AI to illuminate the stories, consequences, and complicated ethical questions that have experts pushing for progress.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Nov 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (26)

Look Both Ways is a podcast about the unsung failures of the past and the unsolved challenges of the present. Stories are told. Experimentation is celebrated. Streets are safely crossed en route to new perspectives on what it means to get things wrong.