Racist AI

FromThe Comb

Start listening View podcast show

Racist AI

FromThe Comb

ratings:

Length:

23 minutes

Released:

Aug 27, 2020

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Can computers be racist? The unseen forces shaping our reality.
Artificial intelligence is embedded in our lives in ways we may not even notice. With numerous examples of AI appearing ‘racist’, how can we stop building computer systems with prejudices that deepen social inequality?
Thanks for listening. Let us know what you think.
#thecomb
Get in touch:thecomb@bbc.com

Released:

Aug 27, 2020

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (93)

Combing Africa for stories about the unseen forces that bind us together and tear us apart. A single story, every week. Hosted by Kim Chakanetsa. #thecomb

Skip carousel

Rethinking religion: Stories about losing belief and finding faith by The Comb
22 min listen
Stopping the lies: Spreading lies online can ruin lives. Do you know what you're sharing? by The Comb
20 min listen
Decoding our DNA: African DNA is missing from most genetic studies and Sally’s illness is poorly understood by The Comb
20 min listen
Adopted overseas: Love, security, and a crisis of identity? Two women’s experiences of overseas adoption by The Comb
26 min listen
Women in gangs: Guns, drugs and violence - Why do some women choose the life of a Cape Town gangster? by The Comb
24 min listen
Sand wars: Killing for sand: a village shaken by one of the biggest resource battles of our time by The Comb
19 min listen
Class of 2020: A global pandemic disrupts your university life - what happens next? #thecomb by The Comb
19 min listen
Angola, my family’s story: A surprise message inspired Marcia to discover more about her identity by The Comb
22 min listen
Home in a pandemic: Is home a place or a feeling? Has the virus changed our sense of ‘home’? #thecomb by The Comb
20 min listen
Darfur: Seeking justice: Does Sudan's new dawn finally mean a chance for justice? by The Comb
28 min listen
Black tax: An unfair burden or a necessary responsibility? Finding the balance with black tax by The Comb
23 min listen
Access denied? Travelling on an African passport: Money, time and stigma - the cost of travelling on an African passport by The Comb
27 min listen
Digital debt trap: Is Kenya's hustler generation getting caught out by digital borrowing? by The Comb
19 min listen
Introducing The Comb: Stories that matter to you. A new podcast for Africa, unpicking one story every week. by The Comb
2 min listen
Tigray: Separated by silence: The agony of not knowing. The Tigray diaspora cut off from their loved ones in crisis by The Comb
27 min listen
The Comb: Back soon!: Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 8 January 2021 by The Comb
2 min listen
Tricked and shipped: Tricked by their parents into going back to Africa, Hannah and Arif tell their stories by The Comb
26 min listen
Two sisters: Raised apart in Ghana and Germany, two sisters reflect on roots, race and opportunity by The Comb
21 min listen
The list: ‘A second chance at life’. Organ donation can save lives, so why is it still a taboo? by The Comb
25 min listen
Lesotho's murder mystery: Murder in the mountains: the mysterious killing that unravelled Lesotho’s government by The Comb
24 min listen
Losing my language: ‘A linguistic famine’: Why are so many young Africans losing their mother tongue? by The Comb
27 min listen
Chagos Islands: Africa’s last British colony?: Evicted from paradise: The battle for control of the Chagos islands by The Comb
25 min listen
The job scam: Tempted and trapped: How a promising job opportunity abroad turned into a nightmare by The Comb
29 min listen
Abortion: Breaking the silence: A ‘dark secret’ shared by many: the woman breaking taboos by sharing her abortion story by The Comb
27 min listen
Identity is the key: We all need a form of identification, but does it need to be digital? by The Comb
22 min listen
The Comb: Back Soon!: Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 9 July 2021 by The Comb
1 min listen
Easing pain: Confronting the realities of care for patients with the most severe illnesses by The Comb
27 min listen
When are you getting married?: Pressure, prayers and persistent questions: The stigma of being unmarried by The Comb
24 min listen
Racist AI: Can computers be racist? The unseen forces shaping our reality by The Comb
23 min listen
African in America: The American Dream? Reckoning with racial identity in the wake of George Floyd and #BLM by The Comb
32 min listen

More Episodes from The Comb

Skip carousel

Striking gold: “This is a diamond!”: A dream, a discovery and then disappointment by The Comb
31 min listen
Am I in a cult?: “I was losing myself”: How joining a new church led to years of secrecy and surveillance by The Comb
34 min listen
Not guilty: Accusation, imprisonment, and vindication: The lie that changed Ishmail’s life in Malawi by The Comb
30 min listen
Parenting and punishment: “My dad beat me”: A punishment, an arrest, and a family changed by The Comb
29 min listen
Lives in limbo: 'Dadaab is a prison’: Making a life in Africa’s largest refugee camp by The Comb
27 min listen
Finding Humanism: A different kind of faith: Non-believers in Nigeria share their story by The Comb
29 min listen
When violence goes viral: ‘They were celebrating killing him’: When the death of a loved one is posted online by The Comb
31 min listen
Motherhood, mania and me: ‘She’s not my baby’: How giving birth triggered a young woman’s mental health crisis by The Comb
29 min listen
Mogadishu’s daughter: Ready to run: Childhood, conflict, and the complicated journey to find peace by The Comb
27 min listen
Who is Shebeleza?: Unmasking online hate: A lone voice, an admission of fault, and an unlikely alliance by The Comb
27 min listen
The promise: A granddaughter’s mission to bring a sacred statue back home to her country by The Comb
26 min listen
The Comb: Back soon!: Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 13 January 2023 by The Comb
2 min listen
Confronting colourism: “I was trapped in my own skin”: The illegal trade which preys on prejudice by The Comb
31 min listen
Orphaned: Vasco’s story: ‘I was scared of the night’: A street child’s fight for survival by The Comb
28 min listen
Orphaned: Mutuna’s story: ‘I would have been lost’: When Mutuna was orphaned, his extended family stepped in by The Comb
29 min listen
Guest episode: On the Podium: How a rower's victory became a symbol of hope in post-apartheid South Africa by The Comb
24 min listen
Losing Grace: Misinformation and miracle cures: The tragic cost of misinformation in cancer care by The Comb
29 min listen
Born a slave: ‘I ran away’: The complicated journey to freedom in slavery’s last stronghold by The Comb
29 min listen
Unlearning a dictatorship: Making the invisible visible: Grappling with Gambia’s difficult past by The Comb
27 min listen
Permanent darkness: ‘I can’t just go down like this’: Navigating the world after losing your sight by The Comb
29 min listen
Decolonising tourism: ‘There were no locals at all’: Reclaiming Kenya’s natural heritage by The Comb
26 min listen
Escaping the city: ‘Slow down and struggle less’: Why many are finding futures away from the city by The Comb
30 min listen
Guest episode: Dear Daughter: ‘Fly bird, fly’: An episode from the BBC’s ‘Dear Daughter’ podcast with Namulanta Kombo by The Comb
28 min listen
My autistic child: ‘African fathers don’t talk about it’: Rethinking parenthood when your child is different by The Comb
28 min listen
My sexual education by The Comb
29 min listen
Mourning my father: “We all have to learn how to cry”: Coming to terms with the loss of a parent by The Comb
30 min listen
Naked power: Our weapon is our nakedness: Women using their bare bodies as a means of protest by The Comb
29 min listen
Back soon!: We're back on 26 March with brand new stories including special episodes from Nairobi by The Comb
2 min listen
When cultures collide: Spicy food and stereotypes: Making it work when love crosses borders by The Comb
29 min listen
Climate of danger: My mother’s murder: ‘She was not going to keep quiet’: Killed for defending the environment by The Comb
24 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

The Invisible Workforce that Makes AI Possible by CYBER
31 min listen
Fetterman’s Body Double, Biden’s Misinformation Strategy, and OpenAI’s Secret & Scarier AI: Simon Rich, writer and creator of TBS’s Miracle Workers, joins Offline to explain how he got his hands on an AI that makes Chat GPT look like a kindergartner. by Offline with Jon Favreau
70 min listen
The AI Connection To The SAG Strike and Creator Industry Turmoil + Mo Gawdat, author of Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World by Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration
70 min listen
Robert Elliott Smith: Are algorithms inherently biased?: Algorithms are everywhere, but are they coded in such a way that makes them racist bigots that are easily manipulated, without us even knowing? by Instant Genius
40 min listen
Better Together: Will AI render us obsolete? by American Metamorphosis
28 min listen
1KHO 249: What's the Right Age to Get an AI Girlfriend? | Jeff Schacher, Rethinkifi by The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast
53 min listen
Artificial intelligence (A.I.) by Creative Habits Podcast
40 min listen
How do you tackle hate speech one emoji at a time?: Online communication channels are popular, to say the least. For instance, there are 187 million active Twitter users per day alone. Sadly, these open channels of communication also open up the potential for harm, through online hate speech. The... by Oxford Sparks Big Questions
15 min listen
Artificial Intelligence vs. Natural Dumbness by T.REX TALK
25 min listen
A More Perfect Human by Throughline
52 min listen
Ep 15- Artificial Intelligence: Are Humans Becoming Machines? by Shmoozing
40 min listen
Unlocking AI's Future in Humanoid Robots: AI Robot's Remarkable Drawing Advancements by AI Applied: Covering AI News, Interviews and Tools - ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic
11 min listen
ChatGPT and Alien AI | Case File 269 by Alien Theorists Theorizing
90 min listen
I’m Trym(AI)ne Lee: How growing AI capabilities could impact the future of Black America. And, Trymaine Lee uses the technology to interview himself (sort-of). by Into America
31 min listen
BJ Best, ArtyBots: BJ Best on collaborating with computers to create poetry, music, and visual art by Design Notes
32 min listen
Radiotopia Presents: Bot Love: Introducing the newest series coming from Radiotopia Presents. by Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
3 min listen
AI - the end of humanity or the next evolutionary step?: Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze by Moral Maze
43 min listen
The Rise of Intelligent Machines: Insights on AI and Unstructured Data from Wolfgang Kratsch by Mining Your Business
56 min listen
Cynthia Breazeal: Her Robots Have Warmth!: Their social, communicative and emotional skills allow her robots to seamlessly collaborate with us. A pioneer in the field of social robotics, Cynthia Breazeal is now turning her focus to ensuring we understand the limits and risks of the artificial intelligence that powers those robots – that we become “AI literate.” by Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
40 min listen
Analyzing the Future of AI in Humanoid Robots, AI Robot Gets Stable Diffusion Drawing Abilities by AI Chat: ChatGPT & AI News, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Machine Learning
11 min listen
TEOTWAWKI: The Singularity, Part II: Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Martin Rees... all have warned about the risk from Artificial Intelligence. Centres like the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford, and the Centre for Existential Risk at Cambridge, rate the risk from artificial... by Physical Attraction
46 min listen
Ruha Benjamin, "Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code" (Polity, 2019): Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination... by New Books in Public Policy
57 min listen
From the Vault: Machine Consciousness and P-Zombies by Stuff To Blow Your Mind
70 min listen
Verity Harding, "AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own" (Princeton UP, 2024): An interview with Verity Harding by New Books in Public Policy
31 min listen
Verity Harding, "AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own" (Princeton UP, 2024): An interview with Verity Harding by New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
31 min listen
CultureLab: Meredith Broussard on trusting artificial intelligence by New Scientist Podcasts
28 min listen
Ethan Zuckerman: How to fix the algorithm by The Prospect Podcast
34 min listen
Can an App be Racist? (originally published as Working Better) by Look Both Ways
23 min listen
Tony Veale, "Your Wit Is My Command: Building AIs with a Sense of Humor" (MIT Press, 2021): An interview with Tony Veale by New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
66 min listen
Tony Veale, "Your Wit Is My Command: Building AIs with a Sense of Humor" (MIT Press, 2021): An interview with Tony Veale by New Books in Language
66 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Racist AI

Racist AI

Description

Titles in the series (93)

More Episodes from The Comb

Related podcast episodes