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Rethinking good technology: feminism, AI and ethical futures

Hosted by the Data Science Institute and Department of Gender Studies

In-person and online public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)

Speaker

Dr Eleanor Drage

Chair

Dr Asiya Islam

Dr Asiya Islam

What does it mean for technology to be ‘good’ in an age dominated by AI? Can a feminist perspective help guide us towards more ethical digital futures? 

In this event Eleanor Drage talks about HEAT, a somewhat anarchic regulation tool that takes a feminist approach to helping companies meet the EU AI Act’s obligations. The toolkit has been developed as part of a project led by Drage, which is committed to an in-depth response to regulation that goes beyond mere compliance by working towards a pro-justice and sustainable future with AI. 

Drage will explain why feminism brings the AI Act to life, addresses the Acts’ shortcomings, and makes it meaningful and interesting for technologists. She will also explore why addressing ‘bias’ isn’t enough, why ‘diversity in tech teams’ needs to be properly defined and explained, and why there is no such thing as an AI ethics expert.

Meet our speaker and chair

Eleanor Drage (@DrEleanorDrage) is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, where she is Co-Director of the AI: Narratives and Justice Programme. She is the co-host of the award-winning The Good Robot Podcast, and has worked with Google DeepMind, The Financial Times, The United Nations Data Science & Ethics Groups, The Open Data Institute (ODI), and the Institute of Science & Technology. She is co-editor of The Good Robot: Feminist Voices on the Future of Technology, and Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data and Intelligent Machines. 

Asiya Islam (@asiyaislam) is Assistant Professor in Gender, Development and Globalisation at LSE. She studies the relationship between gender and work and is particularly interested in the gendered shaping of the service and emerging digital economy in the Global South, as well as in advancing critical and creative feminist approaches to ethnography. 

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The Data Science Institute (@LSEDataScience) is an interdisciplinary institute established to foster the study of data science and new forms of data with a focus on their social, economic and political aspects.

The Department of Gender Studies (@LSEGenderTweet) pioneers intersectional, interdisciplinary and transnational teaching and research, addressing the tenacity of gendered power relations and gendered inequalities in times of global transformations. Established in 1993, LSE Gender is the largest Department of Gender Studies in Europe.

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