Jana Schwinkendorf, Does AI reinforce prejudice and racism?

A conversation with graphic designer Jana Schwinkendorf about racist prejudices in a supposedly neutral technology.

Jana Schwinkendorf in an interview. She is wearing a light olive green sweater and her hair is tied back in a plait.

In this interview, Jana Schwinkendorf talks to us about the urgent challenges that arise in connection with artificial intelligence and racism. She explains how contaminated data sets with racist content and the lack of context affect the technology. Jana warns of the danger of not having diverse teams and emphasizes the importance of listening to affected people and taking their perspectives seriously. The graphic designer also calls on all people not affected by racism to take responsibility for doing anti-racism work in order to recognize racist content in the first place.

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