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Algorithmic Apartheid? African Lives Matter in Responsible AI Discourse. - Paradigm Initiative

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What happens when machines are not given enough data to learn and accurately represent those on the African continent? Scholarship is on a rise revealing rampant racism in decision-making software. Algorithms are used to assist institutions and big tech companies in recruitment processes, healthcare, to determine people’s creditworthiness and maintain protection online through various community […]

This is very insightful. “With such arguments at the fore, it becomes clear that previously marginalised communities are more inclined to experience algorithmic biases. Africans continue to face discrimination offline in various sectors and should machines continue to consume and process biased data, eliminating existing inequalities could become an even harder challenge. Therefore, the time to start dissecting data and algorithm biases in Africa is now and digital rights activists need to prioritise this” this call, I think that we need to start discussing this more Reply

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