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In this field review, Nettrice Gaskins explores how racial bias in photo and film techniques has led to harmful technological designs in the present. This review also discusses how contemporary artists incorporate AI technology to help mitigate the harmful effects of unconscious bias.
In this interview Salome Asega, an artist and the director of NEW INC – the New York New Museum’s incubator for art, design, and technology, discusses public interest technology and art that challenges the harm and power imbalance tech can create.
In this interview, Sareeta Amrute, an anthropologist who studies race, labor, and class in global tech economies, discusses technology, power, and inequality in a global context.
YouTube is the second most visited website in the world, and its algorithm drives most of the video views on YouTube. Previous Mozilla research determined that people are routinely recommended videos they don’t want to […]
Color Of Change Launches Black Tech Agenda as a Roadmap for Racial Equity in Tech Policy Racial justice organization outlines series of policy priorities to combat Big Tech’s unchecked power […]
A Primer on AI in/from the Majority World is a curated collection of over 160 thematic works that serve as pathways to explore the presence of artificial intelligence and technology […]
By Becca Ricks, Jesse McCrosky
September 26, 2022