Responsible Tech Mixer Recap: Celebration of BAD INPUT and Algorithmic Harms Panel
All Tech is Human continued its Responsible Tech Mixer Series in partnership with Consumer Reports and Kapor Center at Betaworks in New York City on Wednesday, June 6, 2023.
All Tech is Human Director and Founder David Ryan Polgar opened the evening with a plea to push back against narratives that promote fear.
"I’m not afraid of robots. I’m afraid we’re going to distract ourselves from this moment…Fear is not the solution. What we have today, what we’re trying to do, is bring the collective. Bring hope.” Polgar said.
Instead, Polgar suggests we promote community and co-creation. Members of the Responsible Tech community should embrace challenges to create solutions that incorporate multiple stakeholders and represent a wide range of interests.
“No application without representation—not about us without us.” Polgar said.
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Following a special screening of Consumer Reports’ Bad Input, the evening’s panel discussion explored how biases in algorithms and datasets result in harms to communities of color.
Featured in the panel:
Nabiha Syed is the chief executive officer of The Markup. She oversees The Markup’s strategy, growth plans and business operations. Nabiha also oversees legal, communications, personnel and other operational matters.
Crystal Grant is a Technology Fellow with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Dr. Grant is a graduate of Emory University’s Laney Graduate School where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
Lili Gangas is the Chief Technology Community Officer at the Kapor Center working to create new and more inclusive tech innovation ecosystems regionally & nationally.
Moderated by: Brian Vines is a Chicagoan by birth and a New Yorker by choice. After completing the Masters Program in Broadcast Journalism at Boston University’s College of Communication he worked with such outlets as CNN, NYC-TV, Brooklyn Independent Media, the internationally syndicated VJIAM show, and BroadBand Network3.
📸 Scenes from May’s Responsible Tech Mixer
All Tech is Human returns to Betaworks on Monday, June 26, at 6:00 PM to celebrate the launch of DFR Lab’s Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web! Featuring a panel discussion about how we can chart a roadmap for future online ecosystems to protect users’ rights, support innovation, and center trust and safety principles with Maya Wiley, Kat Duffy, Yoel Roth, and Mike Masnick. Register now!