Ash Coleman on Testing, Ethics, Diversity and What it Means To Be an Ally

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 8:54 p.m.

b'In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ash Coleman . \\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n\\u2022\\tTesting is not a simplistic process that can be reduced to automation, although automation helps\\n\\u2022\\tEthics matter in software development I we need to build products that the builders are proud of, that people will use in real life and that is safe for them to use\\n\\u2022\\tThe lack of diversity in teams producing AI/ML based products results in very biased datasets\\n\\u2022\\tAlly-ship is an important role for people who have privilege to support and enable people from disadvantaged communities to overcome the biases in the system \\n\\u2022\\tIt takes work, money and time to fix the imbalances in our workplaces \\u2013 it doesn\\u2019t just happen because we would like it to\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2MZdZ7j\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2MZdZ7j'