Posted @withregram • @awn_network Our next #LiberatingWebinars chat is with Damien Patrick Williams & @Crystal Lee this Fri., April 23 at 5pm ET. For disabled people, technology can exacerbate existing inequities. How can we ensure AI and future technologies align with disability justice? Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disability-justice-crip-technoscience-ai-the-future-of-technology-tickets-149816090961 Panelists: Damien Patrick Williams @damienwolven is a PhD candidate in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, at Virginia Tech. Damien researches how the values, knowledge systems, philosophies, social structures, religious beliefs, and lived experiences of humans can affect the creation and use of algorithms, machine intelligence, biotechnological interventions, and other technological systems and artifacts. More on Damien’s research can be found at A Future Worth Thinking About. Crystal Lee @CrystalJJLee is a PhD candidate at MIT and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. She works broadly on topics related to the social and political dimensions of computing, data visualization, and disability. She also conducts ethnographic and computational research on social media communities. Crystal’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the MIT Programs for the Digital Humanities. Previously, she was a visiting research scientist at the European Commission, and graduated with high honors from Stanford University. [Image Description: Graphic of a city with icons representing a connected web of data with the AWN logo. Photos of 2 people: Damien, a Black man with a mohawk and glasses wearing a black shirt, red tie, grey suit, & jeans. Crystal Lee, a medium-skinned Asian woman with a pixie cut wearing a gray shirt & eyeglasses. Text: “Disability Justice & Crip Technoscience: Racism & Ableism in AI & the Future of Technology, 23 April 5pm ET/2pm PT] #artificialintelligence #cripwisdom #disabilityjustice #algorithmicfairness #racialjustice #StopAAPIHate #BlackLivesMatter #civilrights #disabilityrights https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5m332D6z0HZgoXKZSrVxZc-0-5ApXgRYw-6w0/?igshid=12rs9q7g81q1s
