How to Build a Fair AI

Timnit Gebru, founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR) and former Google employee, discusses the need for a forward-looking approach to AI development that puts human needs and ethical considerations at the forefront. She highlights the harms of current AI systems and the danger that the existential threat narrative is obscuring the real issues. Rather than discussing how AI will “replace all employees,” we should look at the power asymmetries in the design of technological solutions and consider different perspectives.