🧩 Rethinking Data: There Are Other Options 🧩

AI doesn’t have to exploit. In the latest Internet is Crack episode, Anita Say Chan discusses DAIR (Timnit Gebru), Algorithmic Justice League (Joy Buolamwini), and community-driven visions for ethical data.
We also unpack how misuse fuels inequality and harms vulnerable groups.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#AI #TechEthics #DataJustice #DigitalRights #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast

Why does hate speech thrive online? Because it’s profitable.

On The Internet is Crack, Anita Say Chan explains how platforms profit from outrage and disinformation — fueling division, harming youth mental health, and amplifying extreme rhetoric.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#HateSpeech #SocialMediaEthics #DataJustice #TechEthics #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast #Monetization

AI Is Already Costing Jobs — This Year’s Grads Are Feeling It

Firms are cutting roles in anticipation of an AI-driven future. Anita Say Chan joins us to talk about the long history — and present dangers — of data misuse, bias, and marginalization in tech.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#AIJobs #TechEthics #DataJustice #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast

The age of “do no evil” is over.

From “do no evil” to ruthless data extraction—Dr. Anita Say Chan traces how tech’s anti-human turn is fueling harm, inequality, and ethical collapse.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#TechEthics #DataJustice #TheInternetIsCrack #AnitaSayChan #AIandSociety #podcast

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/the-federal-government-cut-64-million-in-grants-at-uva-heres-what-it-means-for-the-community/

#foodsecurity #farming #UVA #Virginia #charlottesville #cville #USDA #renewableenergy #humanties #piedmontblues #datajustice #blackculture #blackhistory #cleanenergy

Farming, food security, and farm labor are just part of the list of issues addressed by UVA programs. The impact is huge for Charlottesville, but also for Virginia and the nation.

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The federal government cut $64 million in grants at UVA. Here’s what it means for the community

From clean energy and farming to blues music and youth mentorship, dozens of UVA programs tied to federal grants have been abruptly halted — leaving students, researchers, and community leaders questioning what’s next.

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**AI is rewriting the rules of lending — but is it fair?**
From hidden bias to black-box decisions, the future of credit might depend on the questions we ask _now_.
<https://mercurysecurity.io/ai-in-lending-innovation-or-injustice>
#AI #Fintech #DigitalEthics #BiasInAI #FairLending #DataJustice

💡 How AI Learns Old Bias—and Spreads It

This week on The Internet Is Crack, Dr. Suresh Venkatasubramanian explains why algorithms trained on historical data keep reproducing injustice—and what real accountability looks like.

🎧 https://youtu.be/GQiFnpK7Wyo

#AIEthics #AlgorithmicBias #DataJustice #TechPolicy #TheInternetIsCrack

AI-powered assistive technologies are changing how we experience and imagine public space | The-14

AI-driven assistive tech is reshaping urban life and access, but key ethical, social & spatial questions remain—especially for disabled people and city planning

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What if Canada's Indian Act was a person? How would it act? What would it say?

Carol Anne Hilton fed it into ChatGPT.
Then ran the persona through the Global Mental Health Diagnostic assessment .
Result? A deeply unwell individual.

#IndianActEconomics #IndigenousAI #DataJustice #EthicalAI #Indigenomics

https://youtu.be/Ukt5WOG4zfo

Indigenomics AI Keynote: Carol Anne Hilton

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