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\"Dr.
Dr. Afra Mashhadi, assistant professor in the School of STEM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, technology has integrated into people\u2019s daily lives, and with that has come an increase in the use of artificial-intelligence systems. 足彩app哪个是正规的se systems, however, have been designed to learn from the vast amount of data produced within different societies, and as a result, they have led to many equity issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take Boston, for example, a city riddled with potholes. In an effort to speed up the patching process, government officials released an app, StreetBump, so that people could report potholes to the city and help detect problem areas. While it seemed like a good idea at the time, an issue quickly arose as they realized that people in lower-income groups were less likely to have smartphones, and thus, access to the app. Consequently, the data lacked input from significant parts of the population \u2014 most notably from those who have the fewest resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethical issues such as the one above are becoming increasingly common in AI. Recognizing this, Dr. Afra Mashhadi, assistant professor at the University of Washington Bothell\u2019s School of STEM<\/a>, works to design solutions that can be used in policymaking and \u201censures that they are inclusive of entire populations, not just certain subsets.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raising the bar <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mashhadi recognizes that it\u2019s her students who will go on to design and implement future AI models, which is why she puts an emphasis on training \u201cethical, moral software engineers.\u201d And while this is highly important, she said there is a tendency within the field to brush over what that means and how it translates into practice. \u201cIt\u2019s often a 15-minute conversation point that occurs when going over a syllabus,\u201d she said. \u201cBut that\u2019s not good enough.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Michael
Michael Cho, senior in the School of STEM <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In an effort to \u201cRAISE\u201d the bar, Mashhadi joined UW\u2019s Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences as a steering committee member. RAISE envisions a future where AI systems are built with ethical, value-centric and human-centric considerations \u2014 from day one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are working together to educate and train a new generation of students and scholars from a broad and diverse set of disciplines who will play a crucial role in the future of AI systems and experiences,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of these students is Michael Cho, a senior in the School of STEM. \u201cI never realized how our prejudices and stereotypes are reflected in the technology that we design and build,\u201d he said. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 software reinforces a lot of negative stereotypes and misconceptions that will be passed down to younger generations. My goal is to help illuminate these problems in technology and research potential solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is now working with Mashhadi on new research paradigms in AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethics in AI <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mashhadi has also developed an entire course that empowers students to think critically about ethical boundaries, taking into account the social and political issues of machine learning. 足彩app哪个是正规的 class covers topics including implicit bias, privacy-related issues in artificial intelligence such as surveillance and the criteria associated with being a fair software engineer, among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jay
Jay Quedado, senior in the School of STEM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jay Quedado, another senior in STEM, took the course during the 2021 spring quarter and now serves as Mashhadi\u2019s teaching assistant. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 class really opened my eyes,\u201d she said. \u201cArtificial intelligence systems are not adequately addressing issues of fairness or bias. More education on these topics is needed in the industry \u2014 and that starts in higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the topics Mashhadi covered, and that stood out most to Quedado, was recidivism, how likely a criminal is to reoffend. \u201cTechnology is used to gain insight on incarcerated individuals including their race, religion and socioeconomic status, and that then gets used to create statistics regarding how likely they are to recommit their crimes,\u201d she said. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的re are clear issues with fairness and biases in this method of collecting and analyzing data. It is just one of many examples of how we need to be better.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the course, Mashhadi hopes her students understand that measuring fairness and accounting for biases in socio-technical systems is not a set of \u201cmagical methods\u201d that can be applied to fix biases that are observed in AI. Rather, she said, we need \u201ca thinking framework that will allow future computer scientists to examine the socio-technical challenges of current and future technologies.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She will be presenting the outcome of her pedagogical findings from teaching this class at the University\u2019s Teaching & Learning Symposium<\/a> next month and also at the 2022 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems \u2014 the premier international conference of human-computer interaction presented by the Association of Computing Machinery Computer Human Interaction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data drives equity <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While training ethical engineers to create the software of tomorrow, Mashhadi is also conducting research to help improve the software of today. One project involves determining how people\u2019s relationships to parks changed over the past two years. Mashhadi and her research partner, Dr. Spencer Wood who is a senior research scientist with EarthLab in the UW\u2019s College of the Environment, turned to Instagram to collect data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mashhadi explained that during the coronavirus pandemic, public parks became a lifeline as they were perhaps the only places that were able to maintain normalcy even when 足彩app哪个是正规的 cases were surging. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 pandemic and the resulting economic recession have negatively affected many people\u2019s physical, social and psychological health,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From their findings, they learned that parks and green spaces may have ameliorated the negative effects of the pandemic by \u201ccreating opportunities for outdoor recreation and nature exposure while other public activities and gatherings were restricted due to risk of disease transmissions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的ir study, however, uncovered more than just visitation trends. It also revealed how biases in data collection can emerge. Reviewing the data from Instagram posts, they determined that the data did not represent the entire population because only certain subsets of people use the app or regularly post content. \u201cOur analyses highlighted that while there is tremendous value in social media and mobility data, the research community does not have access to the volume of data that is necessary to fully understand the issue, such as the contextual information about the behavior of park visitors,\u201d Mashhadi said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving a more robust set of data would make it possible to appropriately leverage it for analyses that could inform management decisions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forward thinking <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward, Mashhadi hopes to contribute to this need by starting discussions in the field about how social-computing researchers can address the increasingly restricted access to social media data and innovation of alternative methodologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe in the coming years we will start to see the emergence of heterogenous data sources that are less centralized and owned by big companies and that are instead generated and governed by people themselves,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course, for that to happen,\u201d Mashhadi said, \u201cwe need to increase public awareness about machine learning and privacy beyond scaring people with tabloids \u2014 and instead educate them to be part of the decision making.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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