The Social Science Research Council will launch the Just Tech platform, a new website dedicated to mapping research and showcasing scholars and practitioners leading the field of social justice and emergent technology. The platform is a project of the Council’s Just Tech program, which investigates questions of power, justice, and the public impact of new technologies while imagining and creating more just and equitable futures.
1pmEST on March 1 is the Just Tech platform launch live demo and Q&A session, featuring remarks from Ruha Benjamin, Timnit Gebru, Alondra Nelson, and Safiya U. Noble: https://www.ssrc.org/events/launch-event-just-tech-platform/
Also here are two public lectures by Kate Crawford later this week:
Public Lecture: Excavating “Ground Truth” in AI
March 3rd 4:10-6:15pmPST/7:10-9:15pmEST
Public Seminar Discussion: Art, Activism and AI
With commentary by Marion Fourcade, Angjoo Kanazawa and Trevor Paglen
March 4th 4:10-6:15pmPST/7:10-9:15pmEST
For both events: https://tannerlectures.berkeley.edu/kate-crawford-lecture
In her book Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence, Crawford reveals how the global networks underpinning AI technology are damaging the environment, entrenching inequality, and fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance.While technical systems present a veneer of objectivity and neutrality, Crawford shows how they are designed to serve and intensify existing systems of power.