Episode three, Season three of the Climate Curious podcast is now live with our special guest, Isaias Hernandez aka QueerBrownVegan.
Josie Young (she/her)
Feminist AI Researcher
Josie Young advocates for designing Artificial Intelligence (AI) products and systems using ethical and feminist principles. In 2017, she developed and tested a design process for building feminist chatbots. In 2018, Josie contributed to a research project with Charisma.AI and King’s College London to identify ways to deal with bias in large word libraries used for Natural Language Processing. Josie works in London at Methods, leading work to understand the most ethical and appropriate ways to deploy AI in the public sector. Josie is also the Co-Chair of YWCA, a charity dedicated to supporting young women’s leadership in Great Britain. Josie’s professional background is in digital transformation and public sector reform. She has also attended and held facilitation roles for a number of international conferences focused on human rights.
How does a chatbot become sexist? According to Josie Young’s research, it’s usually incorporated into the chatbot’s design and amplified...