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American as Apple Pie: How Racism Gets Baked into Technology

Function with Anil Dash by Vox Media Podcast Network

Oct 23, 201960:37Technology

Anil speaks with Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of Race After Technology, about design discrimination. They discuss how systemic ra...

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American as Apple Pie: How Racism Gets Baked into Technology is an episode from Function with Anil Dash by Vox Media Podcast Network. Anil speaks with Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at P...

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Published Oct 23, 2019, 60:37 long, audio available.

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Anil speaks with Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of Race After Technology, about design discrimination. They discuss how systemic racism is replicated in the technology we use and how tools like artificial intelligence, machine learning and software used in the criminal justice system are shaped by racial bias. Then he speaks with James Cadogan, VP of Criminal Justice, and Kristin Bechtel, Director of Criminal Justice Research, for Arnold Ventures, a non-profit that funds the Public Safety Assessment, a tool used by judges that predicts a person's likelihood to reoffend or return to court if released.

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Published Oct 23, 2019 and 60:37 long