LFI Course Materials 4/Week ten

Week 10: AI and algorithms and privacy

• Real time lecture: September 24th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/9129428892

Readings

Anatomy of an AI report and visualization of the data, labor, and ecological impacts of one Amazon Echo device from AI Now Institute: https://anatomyof.ai/ The far-right helped create the world's most powerful facial recognition technology: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-alt-right_n_5e7d028bc5b6cb08a92a5c48 Palantir provides Covid-19 tracking software to CDC and NHS, pitches European health agencies: https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/01/palantir-coronavirus-cdc-nhs-gotham-foundry/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/07/defund-facial-recognition/613771/

• this week talk about physical infra/carbon impact/why this is significant with AI/international impact/GND

Guest lecturer

Varoon Mathur, fellow at AI Now Institute