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The equality machine : harnessing digital technology for a brighter, more inclusive future / Orly Lobel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 352 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541774759
  • 1541774752
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Contents:
A force for good -- Why we need an equality machine -- Mind -- Behind the hiring curtain -- Knowing your worth -- Body -- #BotToo -- Breast, wombs, and blood -- Senses -- She speaks -- Seeing is believing -- Heart -- Algorithms of desire -- The pleasure and danger of loving a robot -- Soul -- You, me, and our human-machine family -- Now we build the equality machine.
Summary: "The Equality Machine ignites a deeply informed, aggressively researched conversation about the path to digital era equality. From closing the gender pay gap to exposing and correcting biases in hiring and marketing, tracking and preventing workplace harassment, and diversifying the cultural images and voices we see and hear online, to increasing the privacy and safety of women and girls, artificial intelligence, big data, and digital platforms can offer a positive path toward a better future"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 658.3008 L797 Available 33111011051238
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 658.3008 L797 Available 33111011264740
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022



At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can harness to achieve equality and a better future.



Much has been written about the challenges tech presents to equality and democracy. But we can either criticize big data and automation or steer it to do better. Lobel makes a compelling argument that while we cannot stop technological development, we can direct its course according to our most fundamental values.



With provocative insights in every chapter, Lobel masterfully shows that digital technology frequently has a comparative advantage over humans in detecting discrimination, correcting historical exclusions, subverting long-standing stereotypes, and addressing the world's thorniest problems: climate, poverty, injustice, literacy, accessibility, speech, health, and safety.



Lobel's vivid examples--from labor markets to dating markets--provide powerful evidence for how we can harness technology for good. The book's incisive analysis and elegant storytelling will change the debate about technology and restore human agency over our values.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-336) and index.

A force for good -- Why we need an equality machine -- Mind -- Behind the hiring curtain -- Knowing your worth -- Body -- #BotToo -- Breast, wombs, and blood -- Senses -- She speaks -- Seeing is believing -- Heart -- Algorithms of desire -- The pleasure and danger of loving a robot -- Soul -- You, me, and our human-machine family -- Now we build the equality machine.

"The Equality Machine ignites a deeply informed, aggressively researched conversation about the path to digital era equality. From closing the gender pay gap to exposing and correcting biases in hiring and marketing, tracking and preventing workplace harassment, and diversifying the cultural images and voices we see and hear online, to increasing the privacy and safety of women and girls, artificial intelligence, big data, and digital platforms can offer a positive path toward a better future"-- Provided by publisher.

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