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Pulling together resources shared during the powerful @CodedBias viewing & panel. Thank you!! 🧵 1/n

#CodedBias #MakeAIEthical #RecruitMeNot #ISupportTimnit

https://twitter.com/HeatherGorr/status/1372704870927589380

Popular media often portrays AI as "magic." But @m_c_elish & @zephoria argue that this idea masks the human labor required to make #AI function - @datasociety 2/n
points.datasociety.net/dont-call-ai-m…

Jessie Daniels, @mutalenkonde and Darakhshan Mir put together this @datasociety guide on addressing racism in tech at a systems-level. 3/n datasociety.net/library/advanc…

For examples of algorithmic harm, and for advice for lawyers who want to combat it, we suggest the @datasociety report "Poverty Lawgorithms." 4/n datasociety.net/library/povert…

Want to learn more about Facial Recognition Technology? Here's a primer - @AJLUnited primer.ajl.org 5/n

Read Big Brother Watch UK's study in its entirety here: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/upl… 6/n

Learn more: "Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm" nytimes.com/2020/06/24/tec… 7/n

At protests over the killing of George Floyd, protestors were subject to surveillance from drones and police worn body cameras. Here’s how police use powerful surveillance tech to track them: cnbc.com/2020/06/18/her… 8/n

You also have companies like Clearview AI that approach law enforcement to provide facial recognition services. In the case of Clearview they offer services that allow police to search not only mugshot databases but also images of people posted online. nytimes.com/2020/01/18/tec… 9/n

A few police departments, such as Detroit, are now experimenting with real-time video facial recognition, the kind used by the U.K. police surveillance van featured in the film: americaunderwatch.com 10/n

At least half of U.S. states also allow police to search their database of driver’s license photos for matches of suspected criminals : perpetuallineup.org. 11/n

Discrimination is just one form of algorithmic harm. To learn about different types of algorithmic harms, check out the AI Harms Index here: - @AJLUnited docs.google.com/presentation/d… 12/n

Read how the tenants in the Atlantic Plaza Towers apartment complex in New York’s Brownsville neighborhood found back: fastcompany.com/90431686/our-l… 13/n

Researcher Robyn Caplan interviewed major social media companies to understand how they moderate online content through a combination of humans & algorithms: datasociety.net/library/conten… 14/n

In 2019, @Facebook and @Google on average employed slightly more than 20% women in technical roles. When it came to race/ethnicity, @Apple posted highest diversity in technical roles at 6% Black and 8% Latinx, the rest achieving a fraction of that wired.com/story/five-yea… 15/n

Credit decisons, healthcare, housing, and employment decisions are just a few examples of where algorithmic harms can happen. If you think you've experienced harm from an algorithmic system or from AI, share your story here: ajl.org/connect/expose… - @AJLUnited 16/n

Learn about our CRASH (Community Reporting of Algorithmic System Harms) project here crash.ajl.org - @AJLUnited 17/n

Inspired by the proliferation of voice assistants, @jovialjoy wrote the spoken word poem “Voicing Erasure.” Participants include AJL board members @ruha9, @sandylocks, @smithmegan, and other champions of women's empowerment and scholars. ajl.org/voicing-erasure 18/n

A version of the NY Times article, "Unmasking a Concern," can be found here: nytimes.com/2019/01/24/tec… 19/n

Read about the 2019 study “Actionable Auditing,” by Inioluwa Deborah Raji and Joy Buolamwini. It exposed racial and gender bias in commercial face-based AI products from Amazon: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/33… 20/n

More on the blurring of the ImageNet data set wired.com/story/research… 21/n

Unfortunately the paper "A Study of Face Obfuscation in ImageNet" erased work by Black women

https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1371590224757846017?s=20

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Learn about "Enduring Sisterhood of Face Queens" @timnitGebru @jovialjoy @rajiinio onezero.medium.com/dr-timnit-gebr… 23/n

Read "Impact of the US Housing Crisis on the Racial Wealth Gap Across Generations" aclu.org/sites/default/… 24/n

Read Machine Bias from @ProPublica propublica.org/article/machin… 25/n

LaTonya Myers is also in the upcoming Independent Lens Original Series, PHILLY D.A.! pbs.org/independentlen… 26/n

.@jovialjoy continues with: "I went to brief then-Senator Kamala Harris, now Vice President- Harris, on facial-recognition technologies. And so I shared my research with her, I shared clips from 'AI, Ain’t I A Woman.'" 27/n

"She and six other senators wrote letters to the FBI, to the EEOC, and to the Federal Trade Commission citing some of my research and others’, and also asking what the government is doing on the new frontiers of algorithmic justice." 28/n

"Then in 2019 I had the opportunity to testify at two Congressional hearings, and also at several state and city hearings...
Now, government regulation is only one piece of the puzzle. " 29/n

"We’ve seen that direct pressure on companies can make a difference. We saw this with IBM, Microsoft and Amazon stepping back from face-recognition technology in terms of selling it to law enforcement. This shows that these technologies are not inevitable. We can say no." 30/n

You can watch @CodedBias for free on the PBS Video App from March 22–April 20, 2021: pbs.org/codedbias 31/n

join @AJLUnited ajl.org/take-action 32/n

How do we hold algorithms accountable? Read this short Data & Society guide datasociety.net/library/algori… 33/n

Researcher Mark Latonero on using a human rights framework to govern algorithms. datasociety.net/library/govern… 34/n

Data & Society researchers analyze how algorithmic impact assessments can address algorithmic harms through robust accountability frameworks. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 35/n

AI is impacting people around the world, not only in the US and EU. Follow our new project on AI in the Global South to learn more: points.datasociety.net/ai-in-the-glob… 36/n

If you want a creative hands-on experience to explore AI bias, check out our Drag Vs AI workshop a hands-on workshop that explores identity, gender presentation, face surveillance, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic harms ajl.org/drag-vs-ai 37/n

Google Research Leadership: Stop the Tech-Talent Pipeline! #RecruitMeNot until Google meets racial justice demands. - Sign the Petition! change.org/recruitmenot 38/n

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"Don't Call AI Magic" link that works: points.datasociety.net/dont-call-ai-m…