Dr. Abeba Birhane: Advocating For AI That Centers Marginalized Groups

This is a profile of Dr. Abeba Birhane, a Mozilla Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI

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By Shandukani Mulaudzi

Many of the AI systems we interact with everyday, like voice assistants and news feeds, have a polished feel - just what you’d expect in a product by a major tech company. But these sleek exteriors can hide something ugly.

The training datasets powering these systems are frequently riddled with harmful stereotypes about the most marginalized groups in our society. And …