Discrimination through data is becoming a real social problem
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 5:14 am
Perhaps so rapid that the human mind is struggling to keep up—and our businesses, workplaces, and democracies are falling behind. It’s what Azeem Azhar calls the exponential divide. Yet in this age of abundance, where tech companies have grown to state size in less than two decades, the technologist is optimistic. While highlighting the progress that has been made, he talks about how we need to shape technology to serve society again. Cover Photo Credit: Pavan Trikutam on Unsplash Stay up to date and subscribe.
Readings: our recommendations for this winter (2/2) book dentist database January 01, 2022 Reading time: 6 min Share If you want to start this new year with a little reflection, here is the second part of our reading selection. Happy New Year 2022! Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism , Safiya Umoja Noble If you search for “black woman” or “white woman” on Google, the results are worryingly different. Contrary to popular belief, search engines are therefore not a biased terrain for all forms of ideas, identities and activities.
Through textual, media and advertising analyses, Safiya Umoja Noble reveals how these platforms maintain a racist and sexist culture through the discoverability of content. Amazon.com - Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism - Noble, Safiya Umoja - Books Do algorithms make the law?, Aurélie Jean Algorithms are an integral part of our lives: they help us move, work, take care of ourselves, and even legislate. However, we know and understand little about them. Do they make the law? Through this question, Aurélie Jean attempts to demystify the power of algorithms and underlines the importance of their supervision in the law.
Readings: our recommendations for this winter (2/2) book dentist database January 01, 2022 Reading time: 6 min Share If you want to start this new year with a little reflection, here is the second part of our reading selection. Happy New Year 2022! Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism , Safiya Umoja Noble If you search for “black woman” or “white woman” on Google, the results are worryingly different. Contrary to popular belief, search engines are therefore not a biased terrain for all forms of ideas, identities and activities.
Through textual, media and advertising analyses, Safiya Umoja Noble reveals how these platforms maintain a racist and sexist culture through the discoverability of content. Amazon.com - Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism - Noble, Safiya Umoja - Books Do algorithms make the law?, Aurélie Jean Algorithms are an integral part of our lives: they help us move, work, take care of ourselves, and even legislate. However, we know and understand little about them. Do they make the law? Through this question, Aurélie Jean attempts to demystify the power of algorithms and underlines the importance of their supervision in the law.