9. The Racist Ghost in the Machine

This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about TikTok, robot overlords, and how white tech bros really are! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://nautil.us/issue/55/trust/are-algorithms-building-the-new-infrastructure-of-racism https://medium.com/science-and-philosophy/can-algorithms-be-racist-8fd370374e90 https://www.whitecase.com/publications/insight/algorithms-and-bias-what-lenders-need-know https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/algorithmic-bias-especially-dangerous-teens/616793/ https://www.uclalawreview.org/injustice-ex-machina-predictive-algorithms-in-criminal-sentencing/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/17/1005396/predictive-policing-algorithms-racist-dismantled-machine-learning-bias-criminal-justice/ https://innocenceproject.org/facts-racial-discrimination-justice-system-wrongful-conviction-black-history-month/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810137/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/risks-and-remedies-for-artificial-intelligence-in-health-care/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2020/10/03/biased-algorithms-does-anybody-believe-twitter-isracist/?sh=1ca7a1ba8466 https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/17/racial-bias-skews-algorithms-widely-used-to-guide-patient-care/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03228-6 https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/18/21121286/algorithms-bias-discrimination-facial-recognition-transparency https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/history-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2124313/chinese-woman-offered-refund-after-facial-recognition-allows https://www.wired.com/story/five-years-tech-diversity-reports-little-progress/ https://www.infoworld.com/article/3607748/3-kinds-of-bias-in-ai-models-and-how-we-can-address-them.html