Episode 6 : AI and Equality
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Have you already heard about AI-powered hiring practices? Is this common practice reducing inequality, or reinforcing discrimination?  Some tech experts argue that AI can also be an opportunity to overcome all forms of bias, even those within humankind.  Sources: Racist technology in action: White only soap dispensers : Racism and technology centre Amazon ditched AI recruiting tool that favored men for technical jobs : The Guardian Meet Tengai, the job interview robot who won't judge you : BBC   Solans, D., Beretta, A., Portela, M., Castillo, C. & Monreale, A. Human Response to an AI-Based Decision Support System: A User Study on the Effects of Accuracy and Bias. What Really Happened When Google Ousted Temnit Gebru : Wired  These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI : Rolling Stone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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