Category: Inequality

  • Technological Justice

    Technological Justice

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    I watched a documentary on Netflix called Coded Bias recently. It mainly followed the journey of Dr. Joy Buolamwini as she worked to expose some of the deficiencies of artificial intelligence (AI). As articulated by Dr. Buolamwini some of the problems of AI include its general inability to accurately identify women and people of color…

  • Sandra Bland and Arbitrary Tyranny

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    As you are probably aware, Sandra Bland is a young woman who was found dead in her cell in Waller County, Texas on July 13. I have been giving no small amount of thought to this senseless series of events. I have watched as people in both mainstream and social media take sides to assign culpability in this sad,…