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Listen to this discussion, hosted by Philosopher Peter Millican, with Gina Neff, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute; Siân Brooke, a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute focussed on construction of gendered identity on the pseudonymous web; and our own Carissa Véliz, Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities.

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As chatbots and virtual assistants become an ever-present part of our world, and algorithms increasingly support decision-making, people working in this field are asking questions about the bias and balance of power in AI. With the make-up of teams designing technology still far from diverse, is this being reflected in how we humanise technology? Who are the people behind the design of algorithms and are they re-enforcing society’s prejudices through the systems they create?

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