The Robot in the Mirror

Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 5 a.m.

It\u2019s easy to think artificial intelligence is objective. It doesn\u2019t have emotions. It operates based on cold hard calculations. But artificial intelligence is built on\xa0human\xa0intelligence, and it may be carrying our old prejudices into the future with us. In this episode of Sidedoor, we step into the Smithsonian\u2019s FUTURES exhibition to meet a very special robot who asks us to consider: whose image will be reflected in our AI future?

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Speakers:

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Stephanie Dinkins, transdisciplinary artist and professor at Stony Brook University

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Twitter: @dinkinsstudio @stephdink

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Instagram: Dinkins.studio, stephanie.dinkins

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Email: hello@dinkins.studio

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Website: www.stephaniedinkins.com

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Ashley Molese, a curator of the Smithsonian\u2019s FUTURES exhibition

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Social media: @smithsonianAIB, #TheFUTURES