Ruha Benjamin is an associate professor of African American studies at Princeton University, and lectures around the intersection of race, justice and technology. It seems like we’re looking to outsource decisions to technology, on the assumption that it’s going to make better decisions than us. The training set used data about who already worked at Amazon. Could a more diverse workforce in Silicon Valley potentially provide a solution to these problems? We need a complete overhaul of the larger accountability structures that shape tech development, and we definitely can’t wait for Silicon Valley to become more diverse before implementing much stronger regulation and accountability.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2019 13:52 UTC