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ICYMI:
Transgender Awareness doesn't end with a week.
THE TROUBLE WITH GENDER BINARY ALGORITHMS for FACIAL RECOGNITION & AI
(a thread)
#TransAwarenessWeek #tdor2021
AI systems are trained to think like those who designed them — typically with a binary, cisnormative conception of gender.
So-called Automated Gender Recognition (AGR) — Tech that attempts to automatically classify people as either male or female - a binary conception of gender. "The input is either a picture, video, or social media post of someone.

towardsdatascience.com/towards-trans-…
When trans people are stopped and searched at airports, [sometimes] the sex on their travel documents does not match their gender presentation. @imajeanpeace
law.unimelb.edu.au/news/caide/mac…
In the intro to their book Design Justice, AJL's Dir of Research & Design @schock, who is nonbinary & trans, wrote about how her own experience constantly flagged as a risk by airport security scanners teaches us a larger lesson about how tech design tends to reproduce inequality
Systems that rely on so-called Automated Gender Recognition are dangerous. They are inaccurate, they are non-consensual, and they can result in harmful and potentially fatal outcomes, depending on how they’re used.

engr.washington.edu/news/article/2…
What can be done?

1. In general, so-called Automated Gender Recognition should not be used. The best way to learn about someone's gender is to ask them!
2. Check out @heathfoggdavis book Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?

amazon.com/Beyond-Trans-D…
3. Have you been misgendered by an AI system? Share your story with us! ajl.org/connect/expose…
Learn more about Trans Day of Remembrance here: tdor.tgeu.org #TDOR2021
Finally, if you are an ally, please amplify trans voices and commit to concrete actions, especially donating to organisations that are led by and focus on Black trans folks.

Here is a list:
docs.google.com/document/d/1dd…

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Feb 6, 2023
#BlackHistoryMonth.
We commence this month with words from our founder, Dr. @jovialjoy, followed by a poem a 💌 on the value of each life:
"In a year where we will see massive investments in #AI and the deployment of more generative AI systems like #ChatGPT, King’s prescient words on the need to “shift from a thing-oriented society to a person oriented society” ring true not just from the sanctuaries of Georgia...
but also the server farms of giant corporations.

AJL will continue to strive for a world where AI serves all of us, not just the privileged few. We will strive for a society where hue is not a cue to dismiss your humanity."
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🚨: Oxygen levels measured by the "gold standard" pulse oximeters were "3X less likely to detect low oxygen levels in Black patients than in white patients."
🧵below ⬇️⬇️ Pulse Oximeter against a di...
.@ushamcfarling writes how using pulse oximeters that can't read oxygen levels on darker skin as accurately could delay potentially life-saving #COVID therapies in Black, Asian & Hispanic patients
via @statnews
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🛑This isn't NEW news.
➡️ In Aug '20: @BostonReview wrote "A #PulseOximeter "must “see” your blood by having the light pass through your skin. This should give us pause, since a range of tech-based on color sensing is known to reproduce racial bias."
bostonreview.net/articles/amy-m…

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May 17, 2021
On Sunday night, @60Minutes aired an episode on facial recognition and #algorithmicbias, and excluded the groundbreaking work of prominent Black female AI scientists: @jovialjoy, @rajiinio, and @timnitGebru.

#CiteBlackWomen 1/6
Instead, @60Minutes featured another study — calling it “groundbreaking” — even though the study itself explicitly cited both @jovialjoy's and @rajiinio's algorithmic bias work as its motivation. 2/6
And it gets worse.

Our founder @jovialjoy spent hours with @60Minutes producers before the show aired, built a custom demo for @andersoncooper, and recommended research to feature. 3/6
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May 17, 2021
BREAKING: Last night during @60Minutes’ episode on facial recognition, the Black women who co-authored pioneering research on #AlgorithmicBias were completely erased.

Read what happened below then take action by joining our fight to be heard ➡️ bit.ly/ajlnewsletter-…
While talking about how AI development often leaves out the marginalized (which leads to incredible harm), @60Minutes not only excluded @jovialjoy, @rajiinio, and @timnitGebru — but miscredited their seminal work on #AiBias.

The irony is too much to stomach. #CiteBlackWomen 2/4
This isn't new.

Far too often, we still face erasure.

Read more from our founder @jovialjoy who spent hours with @60Minutes developing the @AndersonCooper interview (and a lifetime uncovering bias in AI) ⬇️ #CiteBlackWomen #VoicingErasure 3/4
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Apr 25, 2021
❓❔ What is #AlgorithmicBias ❔❓

💻 A short #CodedBias Thread 💻 Image
1 - Some machines use algorithms like training guides to learn how to complete tasks as data comes in over time. #AlgorithmicBias #CodedBias Image
2 - These machines then use what they learn and make big decisions in people’s lives like:

➡️ who gets hired or fired.
➡️ who receives proper medical treatment.
➡️ who is targeted in police investigations.
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