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Aug 11, 2021 1 hr 3 min

9. The Racist Ghost in the Machine

from Pick Me Up, I'm Scared. Hosted by Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about TikTok, robot overlords, and how white tech bros really are! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://nautil.us/issue/55/trust/are-algorithms-building-the-new-infrastructure-of-racism https://medium.com/science-and-philosophy/can-algorithms-be-racist-8fd370374e90 https://www.whitecase.com/publications/insight/algorithms-and-bias-what-lenders-need-know https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/algorithmic-bias-especially-dangerous-teens/616793/ https://www.uclalawreview.org/injustice-ex-machina-predictive-algorithms-in-criminal-sentencing/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/17/1005396/predictive-policing-algorithms-racist-dismantled-machine-learning-bias-criminal-justice/ https://innocenceproject.org/facts-racial-discrimination-justice-system-wrongful-conviction-black-history-month/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810137/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/risks-and-remedies-for-artificial-intelligence-in-health-care/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2020/10/03/biased-algorithms-does-anybody-believe-twitter-isracist/?sh=1ca7a1ba8466 https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/17/racial-bias-skews-algorithms-widely-used-to-guide-patient-care/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03228-6 https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/18/21121286/algorithms-bias-discrimination-facial-recognition-transparency https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/history-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2124313/chinese-woman-offered-refund-after-facial-recognition-allows https://www.wired.com/story/five-years-tech-diversity-reports-little-progress/ https://www.infoworld.com/article/3607748/3-kinds-of-bias-in-ai-models-and-how-we-can-address-them.html

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