Revealing Hidden Dynamics in Technology

Although we interact with technology seemingly endlessly, we don’t often consider what kinds of biases technology both reflects back to humans, but also exacerbates by its very nature as dumb code. On this episode of R&D with D&D, Dave and Denise chat with Prof. Mar Hicks of the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science. Mar’s work focuses on, as they describe it, “the history of computing, labor, technology, and queer science and technology studies” and “how gender and sexuality bring hidden technological dynamics to light.” In this far-ranging discussion, we discuss the use of female voices by a variety […]