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Participation is not a Design Fix for Machine Learning

Computers and Society 2020-08-12 v3 Machine Learning

Abstract

This paper critically examines existing modes of participation in design practice and machine learning. Cautioning against 'participation-washing', it suggests that the ML community must become attuned to possibly exploitative and extractive forms of community involvement and shift away from the prerogatives of context-independent scalability.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2007.02423,
  title  = {Participation is not a Design Fix for Machine Learning},
  author = {Mona Sloane and Emanuel Moss and Olaitan Awomolo and Laura Forlano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.02423},
  year   = {2020}
}
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