Author: N/A; Publisher: TRT World; Publication Year: 2018. The following video discusses how because algorithms are written by humans, they are not any more objective than we are. Some examples of algorithmic bias include: Amazon’s Alexa failing to recognize different accents or Google Translate associating certain jobs with certain genders. Both machine learning and deep learning are dependent on huge…
Author: Kriti Sharma; Publisher: TED; Publication Year: N/A. The following video features Kriti Sharma who talks about how human-programmed artificial intelligence (AI) can have the biases of humans encoded into them and how this can negatively affect real people. Even in everyday technology, having female voice assistants, such as Siri or Alexa, perpetuates sexism. AI is another piece of technology…
Author: James Vincent; Publisher: The Verge; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how Amazon has developed a feature where Alexa can mimic the voice of a dead relative. While the feature has not been released to the public, this technology could become a part of Alexa’s regular functions. The purpose behind this technology was to keep the memories of loved ones alive who were lost in the pandemic…
Author: Beatriz Suarez; Publisher: Viterbi Conversations in Ethics; Publication Year: 2021. In the following article, the author discusses the ethics of voice assistants like Siri and Alexa. The way they are currently designed, voice assistants enable and even encourage certain stereotypes in their users. The social relationship we have with computers is something that has been recognized for two decades in the…