Egyptian-American Scientist Rana El Kaliouby Explores Ethical AI in New Podcast Series

  Egyptian-Am​​erican scientist Rana El Kaliouby launched her new podcast series, Pioneers of AI, on Wednesday 18 September. Produced by Rield Hoffman’s Masters of Scale, the podcast invites listeners to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the future. In this series, Rana delves into AI’s impact through conversations with leading experts. She tackles AI from ethical, philosophical, and sociological angles, encouraging the development of technology that is not only innovative but also responsible and thoughtful. The podcast aims to democratize AI by making it more accessible and inclusive, showcasing voices from diverse ethnic backgrounds and minority groups and ensuring a wide range of perspectives are represented in the conversation around AI’s role in society. In her debut episode, Rana interviews Dr. Joy Buolamwini, a Canadian-American computer scientist and digital activist, and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, to explore the flaws in facial recognition systems and how to make the technology more inclusive. During the episode, they discuss the biases inherent in AI through the lens of Robert Williams’ case – a man wrongfully arrested in 2020 for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of watches. Detroit police had…

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