Joy Buolamwini

Joy Adowaa Buolamwini (born January 23 ,1990) is a Canadian-American computer scientist and digital activist formerly based at the MIT Media Lab. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL), an organization that works to challenge bias in decision-making software, using art, advocacy, and research to highlight the social implications and harms of artificial intelligence (AI). Quotes AI will not solve poverty, because the conditions that lead to societies that pursue profit over people are not technical. AI will not solve discrimination, because the cultural patterns that say one group of people is better than another because of their gender, their skin color, the way they speak, their height, or their wealth are not technical. AI will not solve climate change, because the political and economic choices that exploit the earth’s resources are not technical matters. As tempting as it may be, we cannot use AI to sidestep the hard work of organizing society so that where you are born, the resources of your community, and the labels placed upon you are not the primary determinants of your destiny. We cannot use AI to sidestep conversations about patriarchy, white supremacy, ableism, or who holds power and who doesn’t. Defaults are not neutral. They often reflect the coded gaze—the preferences of those who have the power to choose what subjects to focus on If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI. How will people build professional callouses if the early work that may be viewed as mundane essentials are taken over by AI systems? External links Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Computer scientists from Canada Category:Women academics from Canada Category:Women scientists from Canada Category:Women activists from Canada Category:Scientists from Edmonton Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni