Recognizing the cultural bias in Artificial Intelligence
Camille EddyME student, Boise StateMachine Learning Intern, HP Inc.@NikkyMill
Where does AI exist in our lives?
Addressing Sexism:
Relationships that are common in our language appear in machine translations
father : doctor :: mother : x x = nurse
man : computer programmer :: woman : x x = homemaker
MIT Technology Review – Word2vec
Addressing Racial Bias:
The way we use algorithms can have serious consequences for our personal knowledge
Addressing Search Bias:
Filter Bubbles
Why is it this way?
Who develops the technology… Who uses the technology…
This prevents us from having a ‘perfect’ algorithm for every user….
How do we fix it?make it better \/
Accuracy: _______
Explainable AI (XAI)
… And encourage more people to create and consume
We need more organizations and services to combat bias!