The New Jim Code
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Show Notes
content warning: In this episode, hosts read the content of an anti-semitic tweet in order to analyze how AI bots learn and repeat racist language.
Sources Referenced in Podcast
Benjamin, R. (2019). Race after technology: Abolitionist tools for the new Jim code. Polity Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/WISC/detail.action?docID=5820427
Vincent, J. (2016, March 24). Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day. The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-chatbot-racist
Connor, J. (2019, April 19). Racial profiling or nah? TSA scanners are singling out black women.The Root. https://www.theroot.com/racial-profiling-or-nah-tsa-scanners-are-singling-out-1834164809
Benjamin, R. TEDx Talks. (2015, February 5). From park bench to lab bench: What kind of future are we designing? [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/_8RrX4hjCr0
Oluo, I. (2018). So You Want to Talk About Race. Seal Press.
Additional Resources
Corcoran, N. (2019, April 26). Twitter won’t autoban neo-Nazis because the filters may ban GOP politicians. Yahoo. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/twitter-won-t-autoban-neo-193850606.html
Hern, A. (2019, March 13). The racism of technology - and why driverless cars could be the most dangerous example yet. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2019/mar/13/driverless-cars-racist