Biased AI algorithms are the result of racist and sexist environments they are designed and built in. As Americans go to the polls this week to save democracy against a dire backdrop of spiking coronavirus cases around the world, it is a vivid reminder that we are all in this together.
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Dark Side of AI
How a racist algorithm kept Black patients from getting kidney transplants
h/t jazzmin @jazzmingota
“A new study published this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that one algorithm used for assessing a person’s kidney function often overestimated the health of Black patients.” Read more.
How a Popular Medical Device Encodes Racial Bias
h/t Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock
“Pulse oximeters give biased results for people with darker skin. The consequences could be serious.” Read more.
Online proctoring platforms claim to prevent cheating. But at what cost?
h/t Meredith Broussard @merbroussard
“Others have uncovered the troubling biases of algorithms that scan students’ videos for potential cheating behaviors: Darker-skinned students report that some apps ask them to improve their lighting,” Read more.
Toxic Environments Run Deep in Tech & Politics
Surveillance Startup Used Own Cameras to Harass Coworkers
h/t Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith
Employees at Verkada accessed the company’s facial recognition system to take photos of women colleagues and make sexually explicit jokes. Read more.
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