AI & Colonialism
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This report explores how AI is at risk of repeating the patterns of our colonial history and how we can begin to decolonise AI.
Deployments of AI-related technologies across sectors have repeatedly shown that they can perpetuate existing biases. If we continue to build AI with biased data sets and a lack of diversity in our development team, AI is set to automate inequality and social injustice on a global scale. But the link to colonialism doesn’t stop here. The way AI is being deployed by the global west is in danger of reinforcing colonial power dynamics – from creating a new model of labor exploitation to BETA testing on marginalized groups. We will unpick the ways AI is being misused and how we can avoid repeating our colonial past.
Author: Anna Gausen
Citation: Anna Gausen (2023) Colonialism and AI. In Accessible AI. Accessed: www.accessible-ai.co.uk
Download Report ↗
This report explores how AI is at risk of repeating the patterns of our colonial history and how we can begin to decolonise AI.
Deployments of AI-related technologies across sectors have repeatedly shown that they can perpetuate existing biases. If we continue to build AI with biased data sets and a lack of diversity in our development team, AI is set to automate inequality and social injustice on a global scale. But the link to colonialism doesn’t stop here. The way AI is being deployed by the global west is in danger of reinforcing colonial power dynamics – from creating a new model of labor exploitation to BETA testing on marginalized groups. We will unpick the ways AI is being misused and how we can avoid repeating our colonial past.
Author: Anna Gausen
Citation: Anna Gausen (2023) Colonialism and AI. In Accessible AI. Accessed: www.accessible-ai.co.uk
11/2023
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Artificial Intelligence impacts everyone, yet often people feel only academics and technologists are in a position to discuss and question it.
The Accessible AI instagram page aims to help make AI more accessible with a curated list of resources. Through a combination of design and accessible content, it highlights interesting AI concepts at the intersection of technology, society and culture. The images provide an insight into this work; for the full page (including references for the sources and artwork), follow us here.
Artificial Intelligence impacts everyone, yet often people feel only academics and technologists are in a position to discuss and question it.
The Accessible AI instagram page aims to help make AI more accessible with a curated list of resources. Through a combination of design and accessible content, it highlights interesting AI concepts at the intersection of technology, society and culture. The images provide an insight into this work; for the full page (including references for the sources and artwork), follow us here.
01/2021 - Present
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