AI, or artificial intelligence, is shaping our world. While AI is creating efficiencies in the way we live and work, it is also putting underrepresented, vulnerable communities at risk. What if we could make AI more just and equitable?
“There is clearly bias against particular groups, like people with disabilities, in many AI algorithms that will affect and are affecting their lives.”
Betsy Beaumon, CEO of Benetech
How might AI technology be leveraged for human rights causes while also mitigating the risks? Are resource-constrained human rights organizations able to tap into this technology, and are there particular applications where AI will create the most impact? PAI Partner, Intel – along with other distinguished voices from Arizona State University, Numina, and Benetech – explored this set of questions in a PAI convened panel at the AAAS Science, Technology and Human Rights Conference.
Read the PerspectiveThe Syrian conflict is the most documented war in history. How does documentation translate to accountability? Data scientists, archivists, and members of the U.N. discuss the role of AI in the path to justice. Read on The Wall Street Journal (with subscription).
When Youtube implemented a new algorithm to remove extremist content, they inadvertently removed thousands of videos that could be used to document atrocities in Syria. Read on the NY Times.
With the proliferation of smartphones and social media, like Youtube, more people are empowered to document and share the human rights violations that they see around them. But should tech companies get to decide which videos stay, and which videos are removed? Read on Fast Company.
