{"id":72855,"date":"2020-11-07T22:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=72855"},"modified":"2020-11-07T22:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T03:26:22","slug":"some-serious-fodder-for-thought-in-this-article-entitled-who-am-i-to-decide-when-algorithms-should-make-important-decisions-meredith-whittaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/11\/07\/some-serious-fodder-for-thought-in-this-article-entitled-who-am-i-to-decide-when-algorithms-should-make-important-decisions-meredith-whittaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Some serious fodder for thought in this article entitled, &#8220;Who am I to decide when algorithms should make important decisions?&#8221; [Meredith Whittaker]"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DC: Finally some humility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnical know-how, whether in gov\u2019t or in the technology industry, cannot substitute for contextual understanding &amp; lived experiences in determining whether it\u2019s appropriate to apply <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AI<\/a> systems in sensitive social domains.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NPjzGGwo11\">https:\/\/t.co\/NPjzGGwo11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Christian (he\/him\/his) (@dchristian5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dchristian5\/status\/1324469658125295618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cEspecially given that these systems replicate and amplify the harms of structural racism and historical discrimination, which fall predominantly on Black, brown, and poor communities.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Some serious fodder for thought in this article. I\u2019d like to see<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/computerscience?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#computerscience<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"color: #800000;\"> students and faculty members debate and\/or weigh in on this type of topic.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC: Finally some humility. \u201cTechnical know-how, whether in gov\u2019t or in the technology industry, cannot substitute for contextual understanding &amp; lived experiences in determining whether it\u2019s appropriate to apply #AI systems in sensitive social domains. https:\/\/t.co\/NPjzGGwo11 \u2014 Daniel Christian (he\/him\/his) (@dchristian5) November 5, 2020 \u201cEspecially given that these systems replicate and amplify the harms of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,45,82,403,204,480],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-computer-science","category-engineering","category-ethics","category-programming","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72857,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72855\/revisions\/72857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}