Princeton Researchers Discover Why AI Become Racist and Sexist – Ars Tecnnica UK

This article explains the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm Word-Embedding Association Test (WEAT), which looks into bias in English language. The algorithm is based on the Implicit Association Test (IAT), used to measure implicit bias. The results of the algorithm are promising as an indicator of biases in human language. Read more here

Behind the Numbers: Attendance and Diversity in Electronic Music Conferences

by Anna Weisling March 1, 2017 One year ago I attended the fifth annual National Student Electronic Music Event (NSEME), a conference created by and for student musicians and composers. I was excited, as I always am, to be exposed to a weekend of music and art from individuals from all across of the country […]

12 Incredible Women You’ve Never Heard of Who Changed Science Forever – BusinessInsider.com

An article that outlines some profiles from the book “Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World,” by artist Rachel Ignotofsky, including Florence Bascom, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Chien-Shiung Wu, Katherine Johnson, Rosalyn Yalow, Esther Lederberg, Annie Easley, Patricia Bath, May-Britt Moser, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi. Read more here

Programmed Inequality – The MIT Press

Programmed Inequality is a book written by Marie Hicks on how women in computing were gradually pushed out of the industry. The book discusses the economic consequences for the UK of their disappearance and establishes connections with the United State Read more here