Data Ethics Club meeting 28-04-21, 1-2pm BST#
Meeting info#
Quick links#
Zoom link: https://bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99654848727?pwd=dzUvQUErTGREYUNzb3ExMnJON3pDUT09
Link to content: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/13/we-created-poverty-algorithms-wont-make-that-go-away
Description#
Youâre welcome to join us for our next Data Ethics Club meeting on Wednesday 28th April at 1-2 BST. You donât need to register, just pop in. This time weâre going to read We created poverty. Algorithms wonât make that go away by Virginia Eubanks (author of Automating Inequality), which is a short opinion piece in The Guardian about the role of AI in âfixingâ poverty and inequality.
Thank you to Matthew West for suggesting this weekâs content, and providing the questions and summary.
Discussion points#
There will be time to talk about whatever we like, relating to the paper, but here are some specific questions to think about while youâre reading.
Think of a time when you were in serious need of help. Where would you put yourself on the âspectrum of deservingnessâ of assistance? Is this a reasonable question?
In projects that involve direct impacts on peopleâs lives, does everything need to be automated and optimized?
In what ways can data-scientists positively contribute to poverty-relief projects and avoid reinforcing societal inequalities by outsourcing our ethical choices to machines?