03:30 pm
Sat Mar 9

Creative Ways to Solve the Bias Problem in AI (OFFICIAL)

Fairmont Austin
101 Red River Street, Austin, TX, 78701
0.50km S

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Fairmont

Manchester AB

101 Red River.

Speakers

Tiffany Li

Yale Law School’s Information Society Project

Sasha Moss

R Street Institute

Heather West

Mozilla

During the Facebook hearings in Congress, when asked how to solve the hate speech problem, CEO Mark Zuckerberg replied "artificial intelligence (AI)." But before we allow AI to solve our problems, we need to solve its' biggest problem first: bias. As AI continues to spread, countless examples of bias have risen: from racist facial recognition to the proliferation of sexist language, AI is far from perfect. Before we let the cold, mathematical calculations of AI tackle our difficult questions, we need to rethink its algorithms, how they are written, and even who writes them. Our expert panel from across the nonprofit, industry, and education sectors will discuss ways we can tackle algorithmic bias.

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Format: Panel

Event Type: Session

Track: Intelligent Future presented by me Convention

Level: Intermediate