Tag: Racial Bias

Truth in Pictures: What Google Image Searches Tell Us About Inequality at Work

Gender Bias, Google, Racial Bias, Representation, Search Engine

Author: Gretchen Hellman; Publisher: Diversity Employers; Publication Year: 2017. The following article speaks about the bias of search engines. If you were to look for images of a “professor” or “CEO” you would find images…
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Reducing Valuation Bias by Addressing Appraiser and Property Valuation Commentary

Appraisal, Automated Valuation Models, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Neighborhood Description, Racial Bias

Author: N/A; Publisher: Federal Housing Finance Agency; Publication Year: 2021. The following document is a commentary by the Federal Housing Finance Agency about the use of automated appraisal of houses through Automated Valuation Models (AVM’s).…
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How Flawed Data Aggravates Inequality in Credit

Artificial Intelligence, Credit Score, Credit Worthiness, Economic Bias, Racial Bias

Author: Edmund L. Andrews; Publisher: Stanford University; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) models used to determine credit worthiness for lending are less accurate for lower-income and minority borrowers, in…
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Coded Bias

Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition Systems, Gender Bias, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, Racial Bias

Author: Shalini Kantayya; Publisher: N/A; Publication Year: 2020. The following film describes how modern society sits at the intersection of 2 crucial questions: What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly governs our liberties,…
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AI Facial Recognition Systems Work the Worst for Black Women

Algorithmic Injustice, Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice System, Facial Recognition Systems, Gender Bias, Racial Bias, Training Data

Author: Dianna Mazzone; Publisher: Allure; Publication Year: 2022. The following article describes how Dr. Joy Buolamwini, executive director of The Algorithmic Justice League, has been working to fight against racial and gender bias in facial…
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How Our Data Encodes Systematic Racism

Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Data Usage, Machine Learning, Policing, Racial Bias

Author: Deborah Raji Publisher: MIT Technology Review Publication Year: 2020 Summary: The following article describes how data nearly always lies, especially within policing systems. White supremacy often appears more violently in the news as gunshots…
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The Role of Corporations in Addressing AI’s Ethical Dilemmas

Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trails, Border Enforcement, Government Surveillance, Military, Racial Bias, Review Panels, Social Credit Systems, Training Programs

Author: Darrell M. West; Publisher: Brookings; Publication Year: 2018. The following article examines 5 artificial intelligence (AI) ethical dilemmas: weapons and military-related applications, law and border enforcement, government surveillance, issues of racial bias, and social…
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The Ethics of Police Using Technology to Predict Future Crimes

Data Collection, Individual Privacy, Police Activity, Predictive Policing, Racial Bias

Author: Daniel Munro; Publisher: Maclean’s; Publication Year: 2017. The following article discusses how police agencies are using data collection techniques to perform “predictive” policing to determine where crimes are more likely to happen in the…
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Ethics in Health Informatics

Bioethics, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Patient Information, Patient Privacy, Privacy Act of 1974, Racial Bias, Transparency

Author: Courtney Eiland; Publisher: Noodle; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the importance of bioethics for healthcare professionals. The author begins by highlighting laws pertaining to patient privacy, such as the Privacy Act of…
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