5.3: Intentional or Purposeful bias (Crossover Group Up, 10 minutes) Google “What age groups use Facebook” vs “… TikTok”? What does the data say? Is there purposeful exclusion in these platforms? Is it harmful? Should it be corrected? Is it good business? Why do virtual assistants have female voices? Amazon, Alexa Google, Apple Siri. Was this purposeful? Is it harmful? Should it be corrected? Is it good business? Talk about an algorithm that influences your decisions, think about these companies (ie FAANG - Facebook, Amazon, Apple,Netflix, Google) As Pairs (5 minutes) Watch the video… HP computers are racist Come up with some thoughts on the video and be ready to discuss them as I call on you. Here are some ideas… Does the owner of the computer think this was intentional? If yes or no, justify you conclusion. How do you think this happened? Is this harmful? Was it intended to be harmful or exclude? Should it be corrected?
5.4: CompSci has 150 ish principles students. Describe a crowdsource idea and how you might initiate it in our environment?
What about Del Norte crowdsourcing? Could your project be better with crowdsourcing? What kind of data could you capture at N@tM to make evening interesting? Perhaps use this data to impress Teachers during finals week.