Christoph BeckerNov 2, 2023

Today I #AmReading a fantastic paper that brings an environmental justice lens to algorithmic audits: "Algorithms as Social-Ecological-Technological Systems" by @mozilla Fellow Bogdana Rakova w/ @roeldobbe from this year's @FAccT #AIEthics #AI #JustSustainabilityDesign #FaccT2023

A summary is here: https://montrealethics.ai/algorithms-as-social-ecological-technological-systems-an-environmental-justice-lens-on-algorithmic-audits/ but really, go read the paper...

Algorithms as Social-Ecological-Technological Systems: an Environmental Justice lens on Algorithmic Audits | Montreal AI Ethics Institute

πŸ”¬ Research Summary by Bogdana Rakova, a Senior Trustworthy AI fellow at Mozilla Foundation, previously a research manager at a Responsible AI team in consulting, leading algorithmic auditing projects…

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