Webinar from ILO Global Business and Disability Network This Zero Project conference session explored the unacknowledged risks to the more than 1.3 billion persons with disabilities triggered by the fast-growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered recruitment tools. Why do leaders of the global ethical AI debate disregard the potential harm to more than 1.3 billion… Continue reading How Do You Lip Read a Robot? – Recruitment AI has a Disability Problem
Category: Education and training
How AI surveillance technologies in education disproportionately harm disabled people
Ableism And Disability Discrimination In New Surveillance Technologies
Ableism And Disability Discrimination In New Surveillance Technologies – Authors – Lydia X. Z. Brown, Ridhi Shetty, Matt Scherer, Andrew Crawford – The Center for Democracy & Technology. Algorithmic technologies are everywhere. This ubiquity of algorithmic technologies has pervaded every aspect of modern life, and the algorithms are improving. But while algorithmic technologies may become… Continue reading Ableism And Disability Discrimination In New Surveillance Technologies
Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools
Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools by Todd Feathers and Janus Rose. Invasive test-taking software has become mandatory in many places, and some companies are retaliating against those who speak out. One major point of contention between proctoring companies and university communities has been the algorithmic techniques the software uses to detect potential… Continue reading Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools
How Automated Test Invigilating Software Discriminates Against Disabled Students
How Automated Test Invigilating Software Discriminates Against Disabled Students by Lydia X. Z. Brown. Virtual invigilating software algorithmically profiles students for suspicious behaviour, creating anxiety and fears about surveillance in the exam room. For disabled students, it can be much worse – as merely being disabled can affect movement, appearance, communication, and information processing, and… Continue reading How Automated Test Invigilating Software Discriminates Against Disabled Students