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What happened with @timnitGebru is just appalling!
If it can happen to a celebrated AI researcher like her for taking a stance then imagine what can happen to an average employee uncovering a potential AI bias issue within a large company. #StandWithTimnit /thread
If it can happen to a celebrated AI researcher like her for taking a stance then imagine what can happen to an average employee uncovering a potential AI bias issue within a large company. #StandWithTimnit /thread
It shows that there is a fundamental discrepancy between AI ethics and Corporate policy in action.
Google which built a trillion-dollar business selling AI-based products might continue to have these issues dealing with its own employees working on AI ethics. /2
Google which built a trillion-dollar business selling AI-based products might continue to have these issues dealing with its own employees working on AI ethics. /2
Because there is no clear separation between church and state.
If Google is selling AI-based products and telling the world that they are also fixing AI ethics, it is hard to believe them.
And currently, no one holds Google accountable. /3
If Google is selling AI-based products and telling the world that they are also fixing AI ethics, it is hard to believe them.
And currently, no one holds Google accountable. /3
We cannot just depend on the moral branding strategy of a large corporation to course-correct itself.
We need accountability, we need 3rd party tools, external regulators, and finally, we need stricter laws and regulations. #AccountableAI #ExplainableAI #AIRegulations /4
We need accountability, we need 3rd party tools, external regulators, and finally, we need stricter laws and regulations. #AccountableAI #ExplainableAI #AIRegulations /4
Impartial and independent third parties like @fiddlerlabs become critical here because they provide that all-important independent opinion to algorithm-generated outcomes.
And we've seen this practice being successful in other areas of software such as Security. /5
And we've seen this practice being successful in other areas of software such as Security. /5
We need civic society to wake up and hold large corporations accountable.
Great work is being done in raising awareness by people like @jovialjoy and @shalinikantayya who made the chilling documentary @CodedBias recently. /6
Great work is being done in raising awareness by people like @jovialjoy and @shalinikantayya who made the chilling documentary @CodedBias recently. /6
Finally, we need strict regulations.
If this were to happen in a large bank, it will be a huge problem that could not be brushed under the carpet.
Congress has been sitting on the Algorithmic Accountability Act since June 2019. Time to act quickly and pass the bill. /end
If this were to happen in a large bank, it will be a huge problem that could not be brushed under the carpet.
Congress has been sitting on the Algorithmic Accountability Act since June 2019. Time to act quickly and pass the bill. /end
