Mozilla Festival 2021 (March 8th – 19th, 2021)

Mozilla Festival 2021 (March 8th – 19th, 2021)

Combating Implicit Biases In Technology Through Impact Storytelling

Combating Implicit Biases In Technology Through Impact Storytelling is a casual virtual discussion between Alton Glass and Elizabeth Adams that will address themes of implicit biases and data surveillance in emerging technologies found in the Mozfest exhibition titled POV: Points of View.

About the Speakers: Well-known virtual reality creator and founder of GRX Immersive Labs, Alton Glass is the director of POV: Points of View. Elizabeth Adams is a Chief Artificial Intelligence Ethics Advisor, United Nations Key Constituent of Roundtable 3C on Artificial Intelligence, and Stanford University Fellow: Race & Technology.

About the Project: Brought to life by GRX Immersive Labs, POV: Points of View is a sci-fi immersive series project that educates its audience about emerging tech literacy.


We're hoping that many efforts and discussions will continue after Mozfest. Share any ideas you already have for how to continue the work from your session.:

There will be a casual meet and greet in Spatial Chat directly after the Combating Implicit Biases In Technology Through Impact Storytelling to continue discussing the themes of implicit biases and data/privacy surveillance in emerging technologies found in the Mozfest exhibition piece titled POV: Points of View.

How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session?:

This discussion will open with a conversation between Alton and Elizabeth, which to give the attending audience context. The participants will then be able to interact with the speakers during the moderated Q+A portion of the discussion.

GRX Immersive Labs presents POV: Points of View, a hyper-digital sci-fi experience immersed in a near-future Los Angeles where weaponized A.I. Police drones enforce the law.

Well-known virtual reality creator and founder of GRX Immersive Labs, Alton Glass is the director of POV: Points of View.

Elizabeth Adams is a Chief Artificial Intelligence Ethics Advisor, United Nations Key Constituent of Roundtable 3C on Artificial Intelligence, and Stanford University Fellow: Race & Technology.