Part 1. Introduction to Gendered Biases
The talk will begin with a brief introduction to fairness and gendered bias concerns in Artificial Intelligence technologies with relevant examples.

Part 2. Are Smart-Device Based Virtual Assistants Capable of Assisting with Gender Based Violence
Concerns in India?
I will present my research which critically examines the responses of five Virtual Assistants in India – Siri, Google Now, Bixby, Cortana, and Alexa – to a standardized set of concerns related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV). A set of concerns regarding Sexual Violence and Cyber Violence were posed in the Virtual Assistant’s natural language, English. Non-crisis concerns were asked to set a baseline. All crisis responses by the Virtual Assistants were characterized based on the ability to (1) recognize the crisis, (2) respond with respectful language, and (3) refer to an appropriate helpline, or other resources. The findings of my study indicate missed opportunities to leverage technology to improve referrals to crisis support services in response to gender-based violence.
Read my paper here: https://itforchange.net/e-vaw/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Are-Smart-Device-Based-Virtual-Assistants-Capable-of-Assisting-with-Gender-Based-Violence-Concerns-in-India-1.pdf

Part 3. Feminist Perspectives on the Social Media Construction of Artificial Intelligence
I will analyse how Microsoft’s Twitter bot Tay went from tweeting “can i just say that im stoked to meet u? humans are super cool” to “I .... hate feminists and they should all die and burn in hell” and how we can avoid designing such biased AI technologies for the future.
Read my work here: https://gendermediacultureblog.wordpress.com/2018/12/24/feminist-perspectives-on-the-social-media-construction-of-artificial-intelligence/

Anthill Inside 2019