Keynote: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE AGE OF AI: The Future of Civil Rights in the United States

AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 2 The 16th conference of the Disruption Network Lab RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE AGE OF AI: The Future of Civil Rights in the United States Mutale Nkonde (Tech Policy Advisor and Fellow at Data & Society Research Institute, US). Moderated by Rhianna Ilube (Writer, Curator and Host at The Advocacy Academy, UK/DE) To many, the questions posed to Mark Zuckerberg, during the Facebook Congressional Hearings displayed U.S. House and Senate Representatives’ lack of technical knowledge. However, legislative officials rely on the expertise of their legislative teams to prepare them for briefings. What the Facebook hearings actually proved were low levels of digital literacy among legislative staffers. Mutale Nkonde will address the epistemological journey taken by congressional staffers about the impact of AI technologies on wider society. Working with low income black communities in New York City, who are fighting the use of facial recognition in public housing, she targets staffers of the Congressional Black Caucus with the goal to advocate for the fair treatment of Black Americans in the United States. She aims to make congressional staffers concerned how police jurisdictions, public housing landlords, retailers, and others have proposed using facial recognition technology as a weapon against African Americans and other people of colour. This talk explores how a conscious understanding of racial bias and AI technology should inform the work of policy makers and the society at large while building up the future of civil rights. https://www.disruptionlab.org/ai-traps Photo Credit: Maria Silvano Produced by Voice Republic For more podcasts visit http://voicerepublic.com