Posts in Fight Bias
Artificial Intelligence Committee - UK Parliament

The Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence was appointed on 29 June 2017 to consider the economic, ethical and social implications of advances in artificial intelligence, and to make recommendations.

The Committee was established following the recommendation of the Liaison Committee. It will report by 31 March 2018.

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AI NOW INSTITUTE

The AI Now Institute at New York University is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to understanding the social implications of artificial intelligence. Its work focuses on four core domains: labor and automation, bias and inclusion, rights and liberties, and safety and critical infrastructure.

The AI Now Institute has officially launched in November of 2017. You can learn more at www.ainowinstitute.org

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TEXTIO Scoring Tool

Textio’s predictive engine is fueled by global hiring data. More than 10 million new job posts and their real-world outcomes are added every month. Textio analyzes this data to find the meaningful language patterns that cause some posts to succeed where others fail. Then it feeds that guidance back to users, creating a learning loop that gets smarter with every keystroke.

Textio offers a free scoring tool for companies : https://textio.com/

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Bechdel Movie Test

The Bechdel Test, sometimes called the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule is a simple test which names the following three criteria: (1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2) who talk to each other, about (3) something besides a man. The test was popularized by Alison Bechdel's comic Dykes to Watch Out For, in a 1985 strip called The Rule. For a nice video introduction to the subject please check out The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies on feministfrequency.com.

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PROJET IMPLICIT TESTS

Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet.

2 tests are specifically relevant to gender: Gender Career Test and Gender Science Test

 

Go to : https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

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