Kate Crawford (born 1974)
Born 1974 CE.
Kate Crawford (born 1974) is an Australian researcher, writer, and academic who studies the social and political implications of artificial intelligence. She is based in New York and works as a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. She is the co-founder and former director of research at the AI Now Institute at New York University, former visiting professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media, former senior fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU, and former associate professor in the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. She is also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Data-Driven Development. Crawford’s research focuses on social change and media technologies, particularly on the intersection of humans, mobile devices, and social networks. Her research examines how AI affects various aspects of human life, such as gender, race, and economic status. She argues that AI systems are not neutral or objective, but rather reflect and reinforce existing systems of power and inequality. She also explores the ethics and environmental impact, as well as the historical and cultural contexts of its development.
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