Justice looks like how do we use these tools in a joyful, uplifting manner, versus just being reactive to the next harms.

There are no girls on the internet as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative.

I'm Bridget Todd, and this is a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative. I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.

This week, President Biden signed an executive order to create some safeguards around the use of AI.

This comes after black women, women like Dr. Joy Blumwini,

founder of the Algorithmic Justice League,

and author of the new book, A.Masking AI,

have been speaking up about the ways that technology like AI

has already harmed marginalized communities

and what needs to be done to stop it.

Now, that last part is key,

because even though her groundbreaking research

has been critical to understanding technology harms, Dr. Blumweeney's vision of the future of technology

is optimistic, blending poetry and technology. She asks, what is our collective just and joyful

vision for the future.

Hello, my name is Dr. Joy Blumweeney.

I'm the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League and the author of Unmasking AI.

My pronouns are she and hers.

So I've heard you call yourself a poet of code, which is awesome. What do you mean by that?

So I am the daughter of an artist and a scientist. So I do feel I've grown up with the arts and science literally together. And so when I use the term poet of code, it's really to reflect those two sensibilities which inform my work.

So there's a major part of it, which is storytelling and humanizing what's going on with evocative audits, you know, and portrayals.

And then there's another aspect of it that is getting into the analytical, technical pieces of what it means to evaluate machine learning system or other types of AI applications.

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