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=== Week 6: Facial recognition and more on artificial intelligence ===
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=== Week 6: Facial recognition: the corporate side ===
 
* Real time lecture: June 28th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern
 
* Real time lecture: June 28th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern
  
 
==== Overview ====  
 
==== Overview ====  
Facial recognition technology seems to be everywhere these days, increasingly used by apps, devices, and law enforcement alike. But what do we know about this technology? How does it work, and where is it being used? What privacy considerations are being taken into account in its development? What about the fact that these technologies have been demonstrated to be discriminatory? Varoon Mathur of the AI Now Institute will join us to talk about new developments in facial recognition technology, how it relates more broadly to the increased use of artificial intelligence, and will help us understand policy and legal efforts to prevent these technologies from being used to violate our rights.  
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We had a great lecture with Kade Crockford about government and police uses of facial recognition technology and the current efforts to ban and limit its use. This week, we'll hear from Varoon Mathur about the corporate side of things -- the tools being used by the private sector, controversies around their use, marketing strategies, and who their clients are (mostly cops). Varoon will connect this to overarching approaches to AI "ethics".  
  
 
==== Learning objectives ====
 
==== Learning objectives ====
* How facial recognition technology is being used
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* How facial recognition technology is being used by corporate entities
* What the use of this technology means for our rights
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* How this relates to bans happening at the government level
* What policy interventions are taking place
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* What policy interventions are possible
  
 
==== Readings ====
 
==== Readings ====
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[https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.pdf AI Now Report 2018] Note: This is quite long, so don't worry if you can't manage the whole thing!
  
 
==== Guest lecturer ====
 
==== Guest lecturer ====
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==== Tasks ====  
 
==== Tasks ====  
 
* Lecture, readings, discussion forum, and small group work
 
* Lecture, readings, discussion forum, and small group work
* Prepare for small group updates on the forum next week
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* Prepare for small group updates on the forum next week (Alison will update about this on the forum)

Latest revision as of 15:45, 13 June 2019

Week 6: Facial recognition: the corporate side[edit]

  • Real time lecture: June 28th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern

Overview[edit]

We had a great lecture with Kade Crockford about government and police uses of facial recognition technology and the current efforts to ban and limit its use. This week, we'll hear from Varoon Mathur about the corporate side of things -- the tools being used by the private sector, controversies around their use, marketing strategies, and who their clients are (mostly cops). Varoon will connect this to overarching approaches to AI "ethics".

Learning objectives[edit]

  • How facial recognition technology is being used by corporate entities
  • How this relates to bans happening at the government level
  • What policy interventions are possible

Readings[edit]

AI Now Report 2018 Note: This is quite long, so don't worry if you can't manage the whole thing!

Guest lecturer[edit]

Varoon Mathur, AI Now Institute

Discussion[edit]

  • How can we bring information about this technology into our communities?
  • How can librarians get involved in efforts to control the use of this technology?

Tasks[edit]

  • Lecture, readings, discussion forum, and small group work
  • Prepare for small group updates on the forum next week (Alison will update about this on the forum)