Google “What age groups use Facebook” vs “… TikTok”? What does the data say? Is there purposeful exclusion in these platforms? Is it harmful? Should it be corrected? Is it good business?
The age group that uses Facebook are people ages 25-34
The age group uses tik tok are people ages 10-19
there are purposeful exclusions on platforms like tik tok. For example, people who are 13 and under can't sign up and tik tok does this to prevent young children from viewing possibly inappropriate content so it's beneficial in that sense so it shouldn't be corrected.
It's bad business for a company like Facebook which is primarily a platform for older people. Facebook thus loses younger users.
Why do virtual assistants have female voices? Amazon, Alexa Google, Apple Siri. Was this purposeful? Is it harmful? Should it be corrected? Is it good business?
using only female voices might imply to some that females fill the role of "submissiveness" as they serve the owner of the virtuous devices. It might also promote the bias that women are assistants.
this should be corrected and virtual assistants should include more male voices to make things more balanced
it's good business because people might find female voices more pleasing and thus be more inclined to buy the device so in that sense, it's very purposeful that these companies choose to set the voice to female by default.
Talk about an algorithm that influences your decisions, think about these companies (ie FAANG - Facebook, Amazon, Apple,Netflix, Google)
there are algorithms that different companies use to capture the users attention. For example, tik tok has a "for you page" which shows videos that appeal to the users interests and these interests are filled out beforehand by the user. In addition this algorithm pushes trends to the user which can have harmful effects such as in the case of the "devious lick" trend. In addition companies like Facebook and Amazon have ads on the side of your screen based on your search history.
Does the owner of the computer think this was intentional?
If yes or no, justify you conclusion.
I don't think the owner thinks its intentional because he's carrying a light joking tone throughout the video showing how he's more so making fun of the machine vs being angry at it.
How do you think this happened?
the lightning might have been bad or during development, the developers may have only tested the technology with white testers thus failed to recognize the errors when a black man tested the tech
Is this harmful? Was it intended to be harmful or exclude?
this is harmful because it's unintentionally exclusive
Should it be corrected?
What would you or should you do to produce a better outcome?
this should be corrected and developers definitely need to solve the tech to make it inclusive of people with all skin colors. I think the company needs to do more testing.
Write summary/thoughts/conclusions from each of the exercises above. Focus on avoiding Bias in algorithms or code you write.
Every product that is developed will have some type of bias. The best way to combat this bias is to get feedback and opinions from a diverse group of people. That way, any software can have an inclusive usage and be good for everyone
Google “What age groups use Facebook” vs “… TikTok”? What does the data say? Is there purposeful exclusion in these platforms? Is it harmful? Should it be corrected? Is it good business?
Why do virtual assistants have female voices? Amazon, Alexa Google, Apple Siri. Was this purposeful? Is it harmful? Should it be corrected? Is it good business?
Talk about an algorithm that influences your decisions, think about these companies (ie FAANG - Facebook, Amazon, Apple,Netflix, Google)
Does the owner of the computer think this was intentional? If yes or no, justify you conclusion.
How do you think this happened?
Is this harmful? Was it intended to be harmful or exclude?
Should it be corrected? What would you or should you do to produce a better outcome?
Write summary/thoughts/conclusions from each of the exercises above. Focus on avoiding Bias in algorithms or code you write.