A BRIEFING ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CIVIL RIGHTS
with Sen. Cory Booker and Leading Advocates
On September 28, The Lawyers’ Committee held a briefing with Senator Cory A. Booker and leading advocates about artificial intelligence and civil rights. Bringing together lawmakers, academics, advocates, affected citizens, and congressional staff.
The session addressed how to harness the promise of artificial intelligence, effectively manage its risks, and safeguard our civil rights. The briefing also addressed questions, including: What is AI and how does it work? How does bias enter the system? What the implications on civil rights for current and emerging AI technologies? What are some of the proactive measures that Congress and the Administration can take to strengthen protections for marginalized communities?
Watch the briefing here.
“[B]ut I know that technology can elevate the power of discrimination; it’s the democratic opportunity and the democratic risk, and we need to be vigilante on both fronts.”
– Senator Cory Booker
“Increasingly we’re seeing things that boggle the mind, things that fifty years ago people could only dream of but at base its all different forms of discrimination, different forms of hate that’s weaponized and also being subjected to force multipliers to make them more powerful and more sinister than ever before.”
– Damon Hewitt
FEATURING:
DR. JOY BUOLAMWINI, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, author of “Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines” and the protagonist of the Emmy-Nominated documentary, Coded Bias
SURESH VENKATASUBRAMANIAN,
director of the Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign (CNTR) with the Data Science Institute at Brown University, Co-Author of the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
DEBORAH RAJI, Mozilla Fellow, computer scientist and activist, recognized by MIT Technology Review and Forbes as one of the world’s top young innovators
ROBERT WEISSMAN, President, Public Citizen
OLGA AKSELROD, Senior Staff Attorney in the Racial Justice Program at the American Civil Liberties Union
RIDHI SHETTY, Policy Counsel with the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Privacy & Data Project
FABIAN ROGERS, a Community Advocate, member of HOPE (Housing Organizers for People Empowerment), and BGJ (Brownsville Green Justice) in Brooklyn
DAVID BRODY, Managing Attorney of the Digital Justice Initiative at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
YESHIMABEIT MILNER, Founder & CEO of Data for Black Lives
“…and whoever controls the computing controls the training. It’s one of the reasons the why the create AI act senator booker cosponsored is so important. To allow everyone access to resources to try and build and experiment with these systems.”
– Suresh Venkatasubramanian
