“AJL -ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE LEAGUE”
“An unseen force is rising – helping to determine who is hired, granted a loan, or even how long someone spends in prison. This force is called the coded gaze.”
31
Jan
Monthly Archives: January 2017
31
Jan
“Media Lab student wins national award for fighting bias in machine learning – MIT Media Lab”
“Before coming to the Media Lab, Buolamwini earned a BS in computer science as a Stamps President’s Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master’s in learning and technology as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, England.”
Read: Media Lab student wins national award for fighting bias in machine learning – MIT Media Lab
31
Jan
“On Deniability and Duress”
“Imagine you’re at a border crossing, and the guard asks you to hand over all of your electronics for screening. The guard then asks that you unlock your device, provide passwords and decryption keys.”
31
Jan
“The Data That Turned the World Upside Down”
“Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity.”
25
Jan
“The poker-playing AI is getting smarter and the humans are getting tired”
“Today begins week three of the poker tournament between Libratus, an AI system built by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, and four of the world’s top pros. While the humans plan to soldier on, a gallows humor has taken hold.”
Read: The poker-playing AI is getting smarter and the humans are getting tired
18
Jan
“Most engineers are white — and so are the faces they use to train software”
“Facial recognition technology is known to struggle to recognize black faces. The underlying reason for this shortcoming runs deeper than you might expect, according to researchers at MIT.”
Read: Most engineers are white — and so are the faces they use to train software
17
Jan
“Virtual reality: A tool for peace, or for ‘empathy tourism’?”
“You are standing on a street in Syria when suddenly an explosion is heard, body parts are flying everywhere and you run for cover. You’re in Gaza, experiencing the reality of a Palestinian woman who has lost her sons in an Israel Defense Forces attack.”
Read: Virtual reality: A tool for peace, or for ‘empathy tourism’?
15
Jan
“Twitter”
“OK, @Google, you might have missed the point of @HiddenFigures. http://pic.twitter.com/s1DXn53c6G 7:40 PM – 14 Jan 2017 Seriously. What the fuck. @Google @HiddenFigures @Bibliogato @Google @HiddenFigures Noooooope. Nope nope nopenopnope.”