Summary: When it comes to issues of race and gender, how do people impact AI and how does AI impact people? To answer this question, Stephanie Dinkins has been speaking with a robot since 2014 and working with communities of color to develop more inclusive AI and to promote AI literacy. Her conversations with Bina48, a robotic head modeled on a black woman, challenge common assumptions about gender and race by AI and suggest ways to build more equitable systems. Take our survey We’re getting ready for Season Two of the All Turtles Podcast and we’d love your feedback: Please take this brief survey Show notes Stephanie Dinkins (Dinkins Studio) Conversations with Bina48 Project al-Khwarizmi What the Artist Sees in the Mirror (New York Times) Execution: Select, Copy, Paste (BBC) Future Perfect (Art in America) America 3.0 (Vice) Eyebeam studio Dinkins involvement with Bina48 (2:20) Bina48 advanced social robot (Wikipedia) Racism and Bina48 (3:45) Bina48 on Racism Gender and Bina48 (6:39) Martine Rothblatt (Wikipedia) Building more inclusive AI with Project al-Khwarizmi (8:35) Videos from PAK (scroll down page) Not the Only One project (19:12) Dialogflow for building conversational experiences We want to hear from you We’re getting ready for Season Two of the All Turtles Podcast and we’d love your feedback: Please take this brief survey Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and questions for future episodes: Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco with hashtag #askAT For more from All Turtles, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website.
