• When Good Algorithms Go Sexist: Why and How to Advance AI Gender Equity

  “In 2019, Genevieve (co-author of this article) and her husband applied for the same credit card. Despite having a slightly better credit score and the same income, expenses, and debt as her husband, the credit card company set her credit limit at almost half the amount. “

  Tags: ITGS, bias, ai, machine learning, gender, algorithms, eqiality of access, equity

  • – By dr tech

• NBC accused of airbrushing photo of biological male Lia Thomas — Society’s Child — Sott.net

  “NBC has come under fire over the weekend for allegedly altering a photo taken of controversial University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a biological male who identifies as a woman, at the conclusion of a race.

  The photo appeared on a TODAY Show segment last week talking about Thomas ahead of the NCAA championships, which took place over the weekend.”

  Tags: ITGS, photoshop, manipulation, misinformation, authenticity

  • – By dr tech

• Free Technology for Teachers: Stop Printing the Internet

  “The premise of the commercial is that Progressive can’t prevent us from becoming our parents but can save us money on insurance. In the commercial there was a scene where we’re told, “we don’t need to print the Internet.” The commercial made me chuckle and it inspired this blog post. “

  Tags: ITGS, people and machines, printing, digital natives

  • – By dr tech

• Commentary: Our emails are getting more impolite and that might be a problem – CNA

  “Commentary: Our emails are getting more impolite and that might be a problem

  Although some choose to dive into their content immediately, starting your emails with an opening greeting could raise the chances of them being read, says the Financial Times’ Pilita Clark.”

  Tags: ITGS, email, etiquette, digitial, global citizenship

  • – By dr tech

• How Artificial Intelligence Perpetuates Gender Imbalance

  “Ege Gürdeniz: There are two components to Artificial Intelligence (AI) bias. The first is an AI application making biased decisions regarding certain groups of people. This could be ethnicity, religion, gender, and so on. To understand that we first need to understand how AI works and how it’s trained to complete specific tasks.”

  Tags: ITGS, bias, ai, machine learning, gender, eqiality of access

  • – By dr tech

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