Digital Alchemy - Alex Hanna on Combating AI Injustice Digital Alchemy

This episode features Dr. Alex Hanna in conversation with Professor Moya Bailey. Dr. Hanna discusses how the work of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) has activist applications in seeking to mitigate sociotechnical harms and algorithmic injustice. Dr. Hanna further elaborates on how young professionals interested in AI and machine learning can consciously navigate the industry and work to reconstruct harmful sociotechnical frameworks.

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Featuring
Moya Bailey 
Alex Hanna

Sponsor:
Northwestern University School of Communication 

More from our guests: 
 
Moya Bailey
Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies
Northwestern University
Digital Alchemist | Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network
Board President | Allied Media Projects
Twitter: @moyazb
IG: @transformisogynoir

Alex Hanna
Director of Research | Distributed AI Research Institute 
Twitter: @alexhanna

Works Referenced in Episode: 
Bender, E. M., Gebru, T., McMillan-Major, A., & Shmitchell, S. (2021, March). On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?🦜. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM conference on fairness, accountability, and transparency (pp. 610-623).Spade, D. (2015). Normal life: Administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law. Duke University Press.
Copy and Audio Editor:  
Sharlene Burgos 

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown