Decoded Reality is a creative exploration of the Power dynamics that shape the Design, Development, and Deployment of Machine Learning and Data-driven Systems.
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The development of ethical AI1 is all about Power2. Power dynamics determine what work we fund, who we build models for, and what problems we try to solve3. The AI accountability gap4 enables the ones in power to justify self-interest under the garb of utilitarianism, while the vulnerable are disproportionately affected. The invisible hand of concentrated power has been long overlooked in both scholarship and discourse, but it is the critical confounding factor that renders purely philosophical or purely technical interventions on algorithmic decision-making systems ineffectual.
In this piece, we present dystopian realizations of how algorithmic interventions manifest in society, in an attempt to provoke the viewer to think critically about the socio-political underpinnings of each step of the engineering process.