Man-made : how the bias of the past is being built into the future / Tracey Spicer.
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TextPublisher: Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster (Australia), 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 291 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781761106378Subject(s): Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects | Artificial intelligence -- Moral and ethical aspects | Human-computer interaction | Robotics | Artificial intelligence -- Sex differencesDDC classification: 006.301 Summary: ̀Mum, I want a robot slave.’ Broadcaster Tracey Spicer had an epiphany when her young son uttered these six words. Suddenly, her life’s work fighting inequality seemed futile. What’s the point in agitating to change the present, if bigotry is being embedded into our futures? And so began a quest to uncover who was responsible and hold them to account. Who is the ultimate villain? Big Tech, whose titans refuse to spend money to fix the problem? The world’s politicians, who lack the will to legislate? Or should we all be walking into a hall of mirrors and taking a good, hard look at ourselves…? This is a deeply researched, illuminating and gripping ride into an uncertain future, culminating in a resounding call to action that will shake the tech sector to its foundations.
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̀Mum, I want a robot slave.’ Broadcaster Tracey Spicer had an epiphany when her young son uttered these six words. Suddenly, her life’s work fighting inequality seemed futile. What’s the point in agitating to change the present, if bigotry is being embedded into our futures? And so began a quest to uncover who was responsible and hold them to account. Who is the ultimate villain? Big Tech, whose titans refuse to spend money to fix the problem? The world’s politicians, who lack the will to legislate? Or should we all be walking into a hall of mirrors and taking a good, hard look at ourselves…? This is a deeply researched, illuminating and gripping ride into an uncertain future, culminating in a resounding call to action that will shake the tech sector to its foundations.
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