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Edward Markey: “Very few of the people designing these algorithms look like…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Join me live in Boston with civil rights and labor leaders as we discuss my AI Civil Rights Act.

Published | Video Starts at 20:51

10% of jobs, gone. Your privacy, gone. Their identity, gone. You're all going to be a part of our wonderful money making machine that comes out of Silicon Valley. And Very few of the people designing these algorithms look like anybody in this room. You all know what I mean? Okay? So that's what this whole thing is about. We have to stand up, we have to fight, and we have to make this case. (20:51–20:57)

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Asserts that the diversity among AI algorithm designers is lacking, implying a lack of representation.

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