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Articles about Bias in Technology

Angwin, Julia, et al. “Machine Bias,”ProPublica, 23 May 2016.
This article shares information on racial bias within computer programing software.
Di Salvo, Philip and Antje Scharenberg. “AI Bias: the Organised Struggle against Automated Discrimination,” The Conversation, 4 March 2024,
Di Salvo describes several ways that institutions are attempting to regulate AI technology.
Fioretto, Ferdinando. “Building Fairness into AI Is Crucial – and Hard to Get Right,” The Conversation, 19 March, 2024.
Fioretto explains how AI can unfairly benefit some groups of people and harm others and argues for more ethical practices in the development and deployment of AI.
Khullar, Dhruv. “A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities."New York Times, 31 Jan 2019.
"In a health system riddled with inequity, we risk making dangerous biases automated and invisible." (Khullar)
Miller, Alex P. “Why do we care so much about explainable algorithms? In defense of the black box."Towards Data Science, 11 Jan. 2018.
In this article, Miller discusses the high stakes consequences of using algorithms.
Noble, Safiya M. "Google Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black Girls" Time Magazine, 26 March 2018
Noble's article examines Google's basis against black women.
Susarla, Anjana. “Forget Dystopian Scenarios – AI Is Pervasive Today, and the Risks Are Often Hidden,” The Conversation, 21 Nov. 2023.
Susarla discusses the hidden risks of AI and other technologies that rely on AI.
Susarla, Anjana, “The new digital divide is between people who opt out of algorithms and people who don't." The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2019.
This article discusses how algorithms work and are utilized.
Walsh, Mike. “Algorithms Are Making Economic Inequality Worse.” Harvard Business Review, 22 Oct. 2020.
Walsh address how algorithms contribute to economic inequality.
Zeynep, Tufekci. “The Power of Suggestion." Wired, vol. 29, no. 5, 2019.
In this opinion piece, Zeynep discusses the influence of recommendation algorithms.

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