In 2015, Google’s photo-categorization software incorrectly identified Black people as “gorillas.” How did that happen? Innovation For All explores the ways innovation and society intersect (for better or worse) through long-form interviews. Is Facebook really a monopoly? How can remote work get more diversity in tech? What’s in the terms of service we usually ignore? How can we build human-centered AI? Host Sheana Ahlqvist created Innovation For All to help technologists and entrepreneurs think more critically about the impact of their work and make more inclusive products and businesses. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/support.Read more »
In 2015, Google’s photo-categorization software incorrectly identified Black people as “gorillas.” How did that happen? Innovation For All explores the ways innovation and society intersect (for better or worse) through long-form interviews. Is Facebook really a monopoly? How can remote work get more diversity in tech? What’s in the terms of service we usually ignore? How can we build human-centered AI? Host Sheana Ahlqvist created Innovation For All to help technologists and entrepreneurs think more critically about the impact of their work and make more inclusive products and businesses. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/support.Read Less
"When a system begins to remember us forever, and wherever we go.... we will not be our true selves. We will be the self we know it’s okay to remember."-- Josh Lovejoy, Principal design manager, ethics and society at Microsoft.
Josh Lovejoy believes that human-centered design thinking can change the world for the better; that by seeking to address the needs of people - especially those at the margins - in ways that respect, restore and augment their capabilities, we can invent forms of technological innovation that would have otherwise been invisible.
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