Harlan Yu Profile picture
Executive Director @TeamUpturn. Technologist. Previously at @PrincetonCITP. Ph.D. in computer science. he/him.
Apr 26, 2018 6 tweets 3 min read
1/ Today, a broad coalition of 42 leading civil rights, racial justice, and community groups are urging @Axon_US's new "AI ethics board" to reject the development and use of harmful police technologies. Here's our public letter to the board: civilrights.org/civil-rights-g… 2/ When it comes to the "AI ethics" of police tech, the stakes are high: major vendors like @Axon_US are building powerful tech for the police, including in agencies with long, documented histories of racial discrimination & patterns of unreasonable violence against communities.