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Reflection Question for this Week: You have two options. [1] For those who submitted a reflection for week 3, i want you to reassess your answer based on what you read and learned this week. Has your position changed in any way? Have you gained new insights into the issues of gender and technology? Why/Why not? Explain OR [2] Do you have a utopian or dystopian view concerning technology? Explain why and support your position with at least two examples.
- You may speak using the first person.
- While this is not a super formal piece of academic writing, please follow the usual guidelines of good grammar, spelling, punctuation. Try to structure your reflection so it doesn't feel like a rant. Execution is key here! Oh and yes, you may swear if you feel the need to.
- To cite readings simply name the author and the page number from the text. Direct quoting is not necessary, summary is always nice, but if you do make sure you clearly show where it comes from.
- You may include in your reflection an example in your life, or the media, or film, etc. - a real concrete example to illustrate your reflection. Make sure to include websites or information to cite this example.
- If you go over the word limit that is fine. If you are under it, that's not fine.
- Submit your typed reflection, with your name on it, to the DropBox tab here in Owl by Sunday 11 July 11:59pm. If you do a tech-based reflection, you can try to use the DropBox but if it doesn't allow you to upload there please email it to me by Sunday 11 July 11:59pm. Note: If you need more time to complete this just inform me - i have no issue with late submissions so long as i am aware and you get the required number into me by end of term.
- To upload to DropBox, simply click on the tab, and near your name is a drop down menu called "actions" - click it and then you'll see 'upload files'. Select that. You don't necessarily get an email receipt, so if you want to make sure it is there you can email me to say you uploaded it and to confirm it.
- As per the syllabus, it is optional to do the reflection this week. You have to do 4 in total over term, and which weeks you do a reflection is up to you.
- If you choose to submit written reflections, the word count is 750 - 1000 words. The syllabus also provides some tech-based options if you wish to pursue a reflection that is expressed in a medium other than written.
Related links (Highly recommend):
- Decoding Sexism in AI | Isabella Morona | TEDxPhillipsAcademyAndover: https://youtu.be/a9IkLhv3TTY
- Gender Bias in AI and Machine Learning Systems: https://youtu.be/Z7-DjqgO2ws
- When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile': https://www.wired.com/story/ai-sees-man-thinks-official-woman-smile/
- Even artificial intelligence can acquire biases against race and gender: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/even-artificial-intelligence-can-acquire-biases-against-race-and-gender
- AI software defines people as male or female. That's a problem: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/tech/ai-gender-recognition-problem/index.html
- Harmony The First AI Sex Robot: https://youtu.be/0CNLEfmx6Rk
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Gender & Digital Platforms The Manifesto spoke of how technology can entrench or
disrupt gender norms. Pick a platform or type of digital technology & talk about the gender
representation & norms it communicates. What does this chosen technology say about
gender to participants?
Artificial Intelligence has become an important trend for the future. Since this is
technology, these could be programmed to not consider gender we could say that human is
the one that classifies. AI could be really neutral in gender topic, and I would say that even
inclusive. There will no be norms to stablish according to gender, but norms of respect.
Last Name 1
Utopian or Dystopian
Technology
A growing wave of technological optimism accompanies the start of this 21st century,
reflected in technological advances and social changes and futuristic currents of thought
committed to post-humanist scenarios. In the last decade, the field of information technologies,
although not only in these, a situation of accelerated technological evolution is being
experienced, which some qualify as exponential evolution. In a historical analysis of the
advancement of technologies, since the beginning of civilization, it can be observed how from the
end of the 19th century, the rate of appearance of new technologies, with a transformative impact
on society and the economy, has been increasing. Wi...