Tag: Gender Bias

The Apple Card Didn’t ‘See’ Gender—and That’s the Problem

Apple, Bias Proxies, Gender Bias, Proxy Data, Proxy Discrimination, Racial Bias

Author: Will Knight; Publisher: Wired; Publication Year: 2019. The following article touches on the idea of bias “proxies,” like address information as a proxy for race. It talks about how the Apple Card was offering…
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Artificial Intelligence: Examples of Ethical Dilemmas

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Gender Bias, Judicial System, Search Engine

Author: N/A; Publisher: UNESCO; Publication Year: 2023. The following article discusses how bias is very much prevalent in today’s artificial intelligence (AI)-systems shown through many examples. When searching for school in a search system the…
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Algorithmic Bias Explained

Alexa, Algorithmic Bias, Amazon, Deep Learning, Gender Bias, Machine Learning

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…
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Mitigating Gender Bias in Natural Language Processing: Literature Review

Artificial Intelligence, Bias Mitigation, Debiasing, Gender Bias, Natural Language Processing Technology

Author: Tony Sun, Andrew Gaut, Shirlyn Tang, et al.; Publisher: Arxiv; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how despite their success in modeling various applications, natural language processing (NLP) models propagate and may even…
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AI-Powered ‘Genderify’ Platform Shut Down After Bias-Based Backlash

Artificial Intelligence, Biased Data, Gender Bias, Genderify, Twitter

Author: N/A; Publisher: Synced; Publication Year: 2020. The following news article talks about Genderify, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool designed to identify a person’s gender by analyzing their name, username or email address — has…
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Algorithmic Bias, Financial Inclusion, and Gender

Bias Mitigation, Credit Score, Data Collection, Fairness, Gender Bias, Labeling Bias, Outcome Proxy Bias, Sampling Bias

Author: Sonja Kelly, Mehrdad Mirpourian; Publisher: Women’s World Banking; Publication Year: 2021. The following report discussed where gender-based bias originates and how to mitigate such biases in the emerging digital credit space. The report discussed…
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Can We Protect AI from Our Biases?

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Biased Algorithms, Biased Data, Criminal Justice System, Gender Bias, IBM, Tay, Training Data, Unbiased Algorithms, Unconscious Bias, Watson

Author: Robin Hauser; Publisher: TED; Publication Year: N/A. In the following talk, Robin Hauser talks about unconscious bias in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. As part of producing her new movie about unconscious bias, she became…
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Deepen Racial and Economic Inequities

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Gender Bias, Inequality, Racial Bias

Author: Olga Akselrod; Publisher: ACLU; Publication Year: 2021. The following article presents a direct call to action to law makers to increase legislation to prevent against bias and discrimination in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. The…
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Bias and Ethical Concerns in Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence, Biased AI, Ethnic Bias, Gender Bias

Author: Niral Sutaria; Publisher: Isaca Journal; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how bias is a large concern in artificial intelligence (AI) that is often overlooked due to the growth and excitement within the…
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