NLM Lecture - Atlas of AI: Mapping the social and economic forces behind AI

National Library of Medicine Lecture on Science, Technology& Society Dr. Crawford is the inaugural Visiting Chair of AI and Justice at the É cole Normale Sup é rieure, as well as a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, and the cofounder of the AI Now Institute at New York University. NLM is pleased to have her launch this annual series, which aims to raise awareness and spark conversations about the intersection of societal and ethical considerations with the conduct of biomedical research and the use of advanced technologies. Machine learning systems are already playing a significant role in many of our social institutions, including healthcare, education, hiring and criminal justice. Despite the patina of objectivity and neutrality, many scholars have shown how these systems can reproduce and intensify forms of structural bias and discrimination. In this talk, Dr. Crawford shares insights from her new book, Atlas of AI, to show the historical origins, labor practices, infrastructures, and epistemological assumptions that underlie the production of artificial intelligence. The classificatory logics and predictive approaches raise challenges that extend well beyond the current bias debate. Dr. Crawford offers new paths for thinking through the research ethics and policy implications of the turn to machine learning, which are increasingly urgent in a time of a pandemic and growing inequality in the United States. Dr. Crawford is a leading scholar of science, tec...
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