Category: MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
The Russell Simmons Documentary Takes on the Racial Dimensions of #MeToo
Oprah pulled her support for On the Record. The movie’s Sundance premiere shows why she might have been nervous. Read more at Slate. [...]
A Booming International Movie Market is Transforming Hollywood – The Conversation
China is projected to surpass the U.S. in box office receipts in 2020.
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Weiko Lin, Emerson College
Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” [...]
Artificial Intelligence Can Now Emulate Human Behaviors – Soon It Will Be Dangerously Good
Is this face just an assembly of computer bits?
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Ana Santos Rutschman, Saint Louis University
When arti [...]
‘Bias deep inside the code’: the problem with AI ‘ethics’ in Silicon Valley
According to the Guardian, "Major tech corporations have launched AI “ethics” boards that not only lack diversity but sometimes include powerful peopl [...]
Public Attitudes Toward Computer Algorithms
Americans express broad concerns over the fairness and effectiveness of computer programs making important decisions in people’s lives according to Pw [...]
Sandra Oh makes history (twice!) at the Golden Globes
Actress Sandra Oh celebrated a milestone night on Sunday: she was not only the first Asian American to co-hosted the Golden Globes, but she also took [...]
Congrats on the new baby. Would you like a DNA screening test?
CNN reports that "every baby born in the United States is given a routine blood test to screen for dozens of inherited medical conditions. Now, the U [...]
Amazon Is Selling Cops Its Facial Recognition Tool. That’s A Bad, Potentially Racist Move.
Facial recognition software often does not properly identify darker-skinned people. As the people “leveraging” the Rekognition technology may or may n [...]
Algorithms are Coming for Their Jobs, so Workers are Teaching Themselves Algorithms
When cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes started automating its quality assurance testing last year, it knew that the move could put more than four do [...]
Can VR Teach Racial Empathy?
1,000 Cut Journey’ is an immersive virtual reality experience in which the viewer becomes Michael Sterling, a black man, encountering racism as a youn [...]