The Nanny State is a workshop using design justice practices to explore the impact of surveillance and artificial intelligence on the labor industry, particularly on domestic workers, e.g., nannies and housekeepers. The use of artificial intelligence or AI in the labor sector is pervasive, there are examples of employers tracking labor productivity, health status, and replacing core job activities among others. AI is capturing the employee’s digital footprint while simultaneously attempting to predict the employee’s next move.
This is a project sprint from the "AI IRL Hackathon - Building Trustworthy AI". Registration and more information here: http://mzl.la/taihackathon
I plan to use design justice practices to ensure this session will contain minimal jargon and use participatory research principles. This workshop aims to produce a UX field guide grounded in social justice for technologists and designers.
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How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session?:The agenda is broken down to three parts. Part 1 is a short introduction into the artificial intelligence and data behind childcare hiring apps. Part 2 will cover best practices for analyzing and interpreting this data. In Part 3 participants will be divided into small groups. In these small group, participants will discuss community-based alternative for algorithmic accountability. Part 3 is the bulk of our session and could be widen or narrowed to accommodate 3 to 30 participants.
As a public interest technologist, my work lies at the intersection of social justice and technology-centric solutions.
Roya Pakzad is the founder and director of Taraaz, a research and advocacy organization working at the intersection of technology and human rights.
Anisha is a university lecturer in Adelaide, Australia. She has a PhD in Computer and Information Science. She researches data ethics, privacy, social innovation and technology design for communities.