From SIRI to self-driving cars, artificial intelligence is progressing rapidly. Will marginalized communities be prepared for AI related opportunities and challenges impacting their lives?

While no one can foresee exactly how this will play out, a mountain of evidence suggests that just like during past technological leaps, the fears —though realistic — can be managed through education and dialogue. The long-term impact of AI on marginalized communities is unknown. Engagement around AI is absent in the communities most directly affected by automation and other AI tools.

To foster a more Inclusive AI Ecosystem by engaging diverse AI leaders and educating marginalized communities of color. We’ll create solutions to minimize bias, educate leaders, and strengthen our communities through AI.

Based in the Bay Area, AIandYou.org is a 501c-3 non-profit organization that creates dialogue in the community to promote AI education, develop research, and offer online resources to help marginalized communities learn about artificial intelligence.

AIandYou.org is a U.S. based non-profit creating opportunities for marginalized communities to learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI). AIandYou is the platform for the science community, educators, civil rights leaders and community members to learn about AI and create a network to identify bias solutions.

The AIandYou.org platform is created through:

Community and educator Outreach
Online Resources for the community and educators
Research specific to AI and underrepresented communities

AI topics to be highlighted include:

Tools (e.g. devices, job searching, shopping)
Disease
Unintended bias and solutions
Medicine (diabetes, cancer, women’s health and others)
Employment
Education
Automation and job preparation
Autonomous vehicles

Community Engagement

Educate marginalized communities about AI and create dialogue with industry leaders

Partner with civil society/civil rights organizations to educate audiences through panel conversations, networking events and discussion.
Activate educators by increasing awareness about AI and its career path opportunities.
Bring together policy, diverse community and AI leaders to explore AI for good and its challenges

Learning Resources

Provide an ecosystem for communities of color to learn about AI

Online resources, including webinars and interactive Q&As
Online guidelines for educators
AI career paths to inspire students
Recorded panel events
One-on-one interviews
Video series
Podcasts

Community Research

Offer insights into AI and diverse communities

Research on AI and marginalized communities
White papers focusing on AI’s impact on underrepresented communities
Topic areas: Education, Employment, Financial Services, Healthcare, Home Ownership, Policy

Critical Solutions

Solutions to bias in AI are created through the collaboration between AI leaders and marginalized communities

A network of new relationships creates a dialogue to understand how to change bias in AI.
Solutions based on critical insights and information are created through the network.
AI Affinity Group leaders from all industries and academia share insights with the science community.

Empowered Leadership

Civil Rights, Community Leaders and Educators become more aware about AI topics including:

Consumer AI
- Devices & apps
- Facial recognition
- Job searching
- Small business growth
- Healthcare management
Health AI
- Disease prevention
- Disease management
Business AI
- Employment
- Financial services
AI and Policy

Global Platform

A global platform is created by integrating AI leaders with marginalized communities

In-person events create networking opportunities to explore AI
Online education, live interaction, video series and interviews
Research papers and information specific to underrepresented communities.

AIandYou.org provides an ecosystem for communities of color to learn about AI through providing resources including, but not limited to:

Online resources including webinars
Interactive Q&A
Online AI curriculum guides for educators
Recorded panel events
One-on-one interviews and more.

EDUCATION

K-12 schools use AI and automation to customize lessons and pivot from in-person to online classes https://www.techrepublic.com/article/k-12-school-use-ai-and-automation-to-customize-lessons-and-pivot-from-in-person-to-online-classes/

HOW AI CAN SUPPORT LEARNERS UNDER COVID-19 AND BEYOND https://www.alelo.com/2020/06/how-ai-can-support-learners-under-covid-19-and-beyond/

https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2019/08/artificial-intelligence-authentic-impact-how-educational-ai-making-grade-perfcon https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2019/09/how-k-12-classrooms-can-benefit-robotics-perfcon

EMPLOYMENT

What AI Means for the Next-Gen Workforce https://www.industryweek.com/talent/article/22028189/what-ai-means-for-the-nextgen-workforce

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/12/20993665/artificial-intelligence-ai-job-screen https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-hiring-tools-biased-as-humans-experts-warn-2019-10

FINANCIAL SERVICES

AI ‘only scratching the surface’ of potential in financial services https://www.ft.com/content/11aab1cc-907b-11ea-bc44-dbf6756c871a

AI Conversations: Transforming Financial Services (Opinion) https://www.cio.com/article/3564713/ai-conversations-transforming-financial-services.html

https://www.fintechfutures.com/2019/10/ai-understanding-bias-and-opportunities-in-financial-services/

TOOLS:

Automation:

Automation Continues to Drive Use of Electronic Payments by Businesses https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/07/01/2056117/0/en/Automation-Continues-to-Drive-Use-of-Electronic-Payments-by-Businesses.html

Learn how to accelerate your business using automation and AI technology: Transform 2020 https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/01/learn-how-to-accelerate-your-business-using-automation-and-ai-technology-transform-2020/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/automation-race_n_5b20eb7ae4b0adfb826f9f48 https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/12/the-new-casualties-of-automation/548948/

Facial Recognition:

Facial recognition has a new foe: The world's biggest group of computing professionals https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/tech-worker-group-calls-facial-recognition-ban-citing-technical-ethical-n1232591

In the 'Blackest city in America,' a fight to end facial recognition https://www.cnet.com/news/in-the-blackest-city-in-america-a-fight-to-end-facial-recognition/

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/475350-government-study-finds-racial-gender-bias-in-facial-recognition-software

If you have a recommendation for additional content subject areas, please reach out to susan@aiandyou.org.

Leadership

Susan Gonzales, Founder and CEO

Susan led the first global town hall discussing AI and Diversity at Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Montreal and was joined by the leaders of LatinX in AI, Black in AI, Women in Machine Learning (WiML) and Queer in AI. Click here to see Susan lead the first AI Diversity and Inclusion Town Hall in Montreal at the 2018 Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) AI Global Conference.

Susan serves as Diversity and Inclusion Advisor to The World Economic Forum Global AI Alliance for AI Governance. She also sits on the Congressional AI Roundtable hosted by Congressman Hurd and Congresswoman Kelly of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Susan is a mentor to LatinX student and serves on the Board of community-based organizations. She is an outdoor enthusiast and lives in the Bay Area of California. She currently serves as Advisor Board Member to:

Dave Goldberg and Sheryl Sandberg Foundation and LeanIn.org
Eva Longoria Foundation
The Latina Collective

Board Members

Eva Longoria

Alicia Aguirre

Nicole DeLeon

Advisors

Advisors serving in individual capacities

Joaquin Quiñonero Candela

Director of Engineering for Applied Machine Learning, Facebook

Hal Daumé III

Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland

Katherine Heller

Research Scientist, Google

Brandeis Marshall

Professor of Computer Science, Spelman College

Rick Sommer

Executive Director, Intercollegiate Studies, Stanford University

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A critical success factor to creating inclusive, trustworthy AI quickly is empowering underrepresented communities with information. Supporting AIandYou.org will:

move the community from AI fear and skepticism to engagement and trust.
contribute to the creation of more inclusive AI tools
be a leader supporting inclusive and trustworthy AI

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Volunteer

We welcome all community leaders interested in participating in the dialogue. Members of Black in AI, Women in Machine Learning, LatinX in AI or Queer in AI are welcome to participate in the conversation as a panelist or guest, please reach out. A donation will be made to your respective organization for your participation. Learn more about Volunteering

How do you feel about the coronavirus? This company's artifical intelligence can tell you https://www.kens5.com/article/tech/how-do-you-feel-about-the-coronavirus-this-companys-artifical-intelligence-can-tell-you/273-99f1476b-7ec8-40a9-a767-31477ecef38c

Lost In The Covid-19 Shuffle: 5 Key Areas That Need AI Help https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilsahota/2020/06/24/lost-in-the-covid-19-shuffle-5-key-areas-that-need-ai-help/#75df826136a1

Tyson and other meat processors are reportedly speeding up plans for robot butchers https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/business/tyson-meatpacking-plants-automation/index.html

AI Might Spot At-Risk COVID-19 Patients

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200330/ai-might-spot-at-risk-covid-19-patients#1

AI (Artificial Intelligence) Companies That Are Combating The COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomtaulli/2020/03/28/ai-artificial-intelligence-companies-that-are-combating-the-covid-19-pandemic/#7a19c34b58f8

Researchers Use AI to Detect COVID-19 https://www.itnonline.com/content/researchers-use-ai-detect-covid-19

Experimental AI tool predicts which COVID-19 patients develop respiratory disease https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200330152135.htm

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