AI & Gender Discrimination

Technology is more prevalent today than it has ever been (Heo et al., 2021). With thecurrent COVID-19 pandemic, technology itself has progressed at such an extensive rate aroundschools, work, and almost all methods of communications transitioning to be online (Heo et al.,2021). Because of this technological reformation into our everyday lives, it is easy to assumethat everyone has had experience with, and (at least) some limited knowledge of, computers.Using this assumption, we first connect our larger idea of Artificial Intelligence to the moresimplistic everyday use of technology, such as one’s smartphone or computer. We also offer ashort definition of machine learning while, additionally, expressing the various means throughwhich complex algorithms can be adapted to process and analyze human data beyond thatwhich we may have seen on our smartphones. Due to the pandemic restrictions, University students have become increasingly familiar with chat rooms, take for example, one of the mostpopular apps, Discord. Along with many other social media platforms, Discord has becomehighly valued by university students as a way to connect with other students in the sameuniversity, faculty, and classes, even when not physically together. However, when discussingtechnology, it is easy to go down a dark path with a seemingly unlimited amount ofmisinformation. Therefore, we emphasize that it is highly advised to take the information thatwe are providing and complement such sources with your own research. Overall, it is vital tocheck where you source information from, especially, concerning technology. Moreover, payclose attention to those sponsoring the research, the background of the institution conductingthe research and, lastly, approach such resources with an objective mind. Content Warning: This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners. Wetouch on various examples of violence against women in the context of artificial intelligence.Please take care of yourself.ReferencesFacebook and the engagement based model● New York Times, Rabbit Hole, podcast about the mental health dangers of theengagement based model, and online radicalization:https://www.nytimes.com/column/rabbit-hole● Center for Humane Technology: https://www.humanetech.com/● Your Undivided Attention podcast: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast● Facebook’s engagement method - Predicting Consumers Engagement on FacebookBased on What and How Companies Write. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems,39(2), 2365–2377. https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-179897● COVID’s impact in technology – Enhancing learning engagement during COVID‐19pandemic: Self‐efficacy in time management, technology use, and online learningenvironments. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 37(6), 1640–1652.https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12603 Myanmar conflict● Facebook’s actions on Myanmar: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ Oppressive ai framework● Notmy.ai Oppressive Ai Framework:https://notmy.ai/news/oppressive-a-i-feminist-categories-to-understand-its-political-effects/● Notmy.ai Latin America mapping project: https://notmy.ai/mapping-of-projects/● Racist chatbots:https://mashable.com/article/meta-facebook-ai-chatbot-racism-donald-trump● The Good Robot podcast Cambridge site: https://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/technology-gender-and-intersectionality-research-project/the-good-robot-podcast ● The Good Robot, Catherine Dignazio on Data Feminism:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/catherine-dignazio-on-data-feminism/id1570237963?i=1000524618296 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0l4la6AFwZFISvXJVDUNwZ?si=lPEBWeOLTVGUh3Fis-MceQ● Radical AI, Feminist AI 101 with Elenor Drage and Kerry Mackereth (hosts of TheGood Robot Podcast):https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/feminist-ai-101-with-eleanor-drage-and-kerry-mackereth/id1505229145?i=1000523884460https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VBJ2xKzvRFEDli3QHIaK5?si=gCnKPJAyTZWaLxqTb_PXiQ● Radical AI episode Resistance Against the Tech to Prison Pipeline with the Coalitionfor Critical Technology:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5sRw1LiT77i5iKWjK2I79k?si=Y_EcwSalQZOlugJrprhEXw● How algorithmic policing is used in Canada today:https://citizenlab.ca/2020/09/algorithmic-policing-in-canada-explained/● MIT Tech Review podcast, In Machines We Trust, Who Watches AI WatchingStudents: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/29/1057103/podcast-who-watches-ai-watching-students/ Feminist app Mumkin● Mumkin website, links to other media: https://www.mumkinapp.com/media● The Good Robot, Feminist App Design with Priya Goswami:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/priya-goswami-on-feminist-app-design/id1570237963?i=1000523813215https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KOs7udAs85Myj6HooLTbd?si=z1YSGzl3Qc6XiuM7Um182AInternational legal solutions● United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1948)...