IBM Leads, More Should Follow: Racial Justice Requires Algorithmic Justice

Author: Joy Buolamwini, Aaina Agarwal, and Sasha Costanza-Chock

Publisher: The Medium

Publication Year: 2020

Summary: The following article applauds IBM for the decision to restrict sales of facial recognition technology in response to bias and abuse. It’s an example of a company genuinely, if belatedly, demonstrating a commitment to basic artificial intelligence ethics. The article calls on more tech companies to do the same, as well as for companies to commit money to advancing equity in data science.