Tracey Spicer discusses her recent book on gender discrimination in technology design and machine learning on Australian radio. The examples are well chosen; I definitely recommend the podcast.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/tracey-spicer-how-ai-and-machine-design-is-failing-women/102960992
#bias #idscrimination #technology #MachineLearning #androcentrism #racism #ableism
Tracey Spicer: How AI and machine design is failing women - ABC listen

Technology's default setting is 'male' — more precisely a white, or at least, light-skinned male. Tracey Spicer exposes how technology and AI has embedded sexism and racism into the future. It's the next frontier of feminism. But who is responsible? Big Tech, refusing to spend money to fix the problem? The world's politicians, who lack the will to legislate? Or should we all be taking a good, hard look at ourselves?

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