#DNL16 Mutale Nkonde: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE AGE OF AI · #AITRAPS

Disruption Network Lab
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Berlin, June 14-15, 2019
AI TRAPS: Automating Discrimination
16th Event of the Disruption Network Lab, Kunstquartier Bethanien Berlin, Studio 1.

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15 June, 2019
16:45-18:15

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE AGE OF AI: The Future of Civil Rights in the United States

Mutale Nkonde (Tech Policy Advisor and Fellow at Data & Society Research Institute, US). Moderated by Rhianna Ilube (Writer, Curator and Host at The Advocacy Academy, UK/DE)

To many, the questions posed to Mark Zuckerberg, during the Facebook Congressional Hearings displayed U.S. House and Senate Representatives’ lack of technical knowledge. However, legislative officials rely on the expertise of their legislative teams to prepare them for briefings. What the Facebook hearings actually proved were low levels of digital literacy among legislative staffers. Mutale Nkonde will address the epistemological journey taken by congressional staffers about the impact of AI technologies on wider society. Working with low income black communities in New York City, who are fighting the use of facial recognition in public housing, she targets staffers of the Congressional Black Caucus with the goal to advocate for the fair treatment of Black Americans in the United States. She aims to make congressional staffers concerned how police jurisdictions, public housing landlords, retailers, and others have proposed using facial recognition technology as a weapon against African Americans and other people of colour. This talk explores how a conscious understanding of racial bias and AI technology should inform the work of policy makers and the society at large while building up the future of civil rights.