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

🔬 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…

Montreal AI Ethics Institute

Chock full of great references, the paper combines environmental justice concepts with Social-Ecological-Technological systems. It outlines an evaluation framework of guiding questions for #AI audits and advocates for broader boundaries and perspectives. Very generative and full of ideas, lots to think about in resonance with #InsolventBook.

The only trouble is that my reading list after finishing the paper than before is longer than before 😏. Full paper link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.05733.pdf