Joint Center Joins Sadie Collective Panel on AI Bias and Black Communities

Joint Center Director of Technology Policy Dr. Dominique Harrison participated in a panel at the Sadie Collective Third Annual Conference exploring how AI bias can negatively affect Black communities. Other panelists included UC Berkeley Computer Science Assistant Professor Dr. Rediet Abebe and Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Ph.D. Student Jordan Harrod.

See highlights from the conversation below.

Bias in AI impacts Housing, employment, and lending. Companies are using algorithms to advertise towards their clients, which is different poses different ads and opportunities to white folks and Black and Brown folks – Dominque Harrison. @JointCenter #SACE2021 #datascience

— The Sadie Collective (@SadieCollective) February 20, 2021

We act like the academic pipeline is leaky. It's not leaky, we keep drilling holes in it and acting surprised when people fall out. – Dr. Rediet Abebe @red_abebe #SACE2021 https://t.co/AE3IPAdXxm pic.twitter.com/whOZlaH3qZ

— The Sadie Collective (@SadieCollective) February 20, 2021