Author: Tania Duarte
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Resisting, refusing, reclaiming, reimagining AI: A new framework to challenge the inevitability of extractive AI
At We and AI we have been working on several projects based around decoding and unpicking the AI hype narratives, framing, words and pictures that are used to legitimise AI which does not work for public good. One narrative we have found to be most insidious is one used to disempower anyone who challenges the…
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Leaving AI explainers up to tech companies: What could go wrong?
Opinion: By Tania Duarte In the absence of any funded civil society or national school and adult initiatives in the UK, tech companies fill the vacuum. For instance, Snapchat.AI have an AI literacy guide and Google DeepMind have developed Experience AI. It can seem sensible to educators and policymakers to make use of free resources…
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The human cost of automation bias
Opinion: Why the Post Office and Fujitsu’s deliberate miscarriages of justice are not a scandal, but an outrage we must all share It has taken a TV series to bring widespread attention and police action to what has been described as the Post Office “Scandal” – in which innocent people were criminalised because of accounting…
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We and AI Response to the Race and Ethnic Disparities Report 2021
We and AI, a UK non-profit, were one of the 325 organisations that submitted evidence to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which resulted in the Report published on the 31st March 2021. We are concerned about the soundness of the way evidence to the Commission has been evaluated, and the cogency of the conclusions…
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Why we need to act on racial bias in AI
Some starting points, and why inaction makes you part of the problem For many who saw a man get murdered in front of complicit police colleagues and helpless bystanders, the fact that something needs to change in the system which allows this to repeatedly happen without consequence has become ever more apparent. What might be…
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Create better products and services for a better society
Better AI We help businesses, public and 3rd sector organisations to make more ethical products and services using AI, which are more robust and commercially sound. Consult our community for user research It can be hard to identify the implications and unintended consequences of AI models and use of historic or limited data sets on…
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Bringing together experts and communities
Shape AI together Join our movement of people and groups who want to raise awareness of unintended consequences in the use of Artificial Intelligence. We believe in protecting human rights, which are currently being eroded by unregulated automated systems, and demand that super intelligent systems are not used for bad purposes. Donate skills Our movement…
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How individuals can help to shape AI for good
Dangerous Artificial Intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction, it is in your life right now. Get involved in the creation of AI applications An issue in the creation of all technology is that it is often made by a select group of people who share the same kinds of backgrounds and experiences. …