More Than a Glitch

Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech

English language

Published June 23, 2023 by MIT Press.

ISBN:
9780262047654
Goodreads:
61319931

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5 stars (1 review)

When technology reinforces inequality, it's not just a glitch—it's a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create a more equitable world.

The word “glitch” implies an incidental error, as easy to patch up as it is to identify. But what if racism, sexism, and ableism aren't just bugs in mostly functional machinery—what if they're coded into the system itself? In the vein of heavy hitters such as Safiya Umoja Noble, Cathy O'Neil, and Ruha Benjamin, Meredith Broussard demonstrates in More Than a Glitch how neutrality in tech is a myth and why algorithms need to be held accountable.

Broussard, a data scientist and one of the few Black female researchers in artificial intelligence, masterfully synthesizes concepts from computer science and sociology. She explores a range of examples: from facial recognition technology trained only to recognize lighter skin tones, to mortgage-approval algorithms that encourage discriminatory lending, to the …

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Uncovering technochauvinism

5 stars

A very thought provoking book on the state of information technology, artificial intelligence and how new solutions are being deployed in our every day lives and society at large.

The books message is that it is not a mistake or a glitch that technology discriminates. There are systematic powers at play that should be seen as the cause behind technology failures.

The book is very well written and easy to read. I would recommend it to everyone with an interest in technology and injustices in our society.