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• Fairness of AI for People with Disabilities: Problem Analysis and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

  Jason J. G. White · 2020 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

  This paper provides a philosophical analysis of the fairness challenges that machine learning-based AI poses for people with disabilities, arguing that these challenges demand unprecedented interdisciplinary collaboration across applied ethics, human rights law, disability…

  AI fairness · algorithmic bias · disability · social justice · ethics

• Fairness Issues in AI Systems that Augment Sensory Abilities

  Leah Findlater, Steven Goodman, Yuhang Zhao, Shiri Azenkot, Margot Hanley · 2020 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

  This paper examines the unique fairness challenges that arise when AI systems are used to augment sensory abilities for people with disabilities — a context distinct from other AI applications because these systems provide information that is already available to non-disabled…

  AI fairness · sensory augmentation · visual impairment · deaf and hard of hearing · privacy

• Artificial Intelligence and the Dignity of Risk

  Emily Shea Tanis, Clayton Lewis · 2020 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

  This paper examines the dual risks and opportunities that AI-based systems pose for people with cognitive disabilities, framed around the concept of the "dignity of risk" — the right to make self-directed choices about tradeoffs between risks and benefits, including the freedom…

  AI fairness · cognitive disability · dignity of risk · privacy · algorithmic bias

• Toward Fairness in AI for People with Disabilities: A Research Roadmap

  Anhong Guo, Ece Kamar, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Hanna Wallach, Meredith Ringel Morris · 2020 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

  This position paper from Microsoft Research presents a systematic risk assessment of how major categories of AI systems may fail or discriminate against people with disabilities, proposing a four-point research roadmap for increasing AI fairness. The authors organize their…

  AI fairness · algorithmic bias · disability · computer vision · speech recognition

• A Return to Community: Flintstones or Jetsons?

  Vivienne Conway · 2020 · Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This keynote-style paper uses the cultural lens of two iconic 1960s cartoons — The Flintstones and The Jetsons — to reflect on how automation and technology are shaping the lives of people with disabilities. Dr. Conway, writing from Western Australia during the early days of the…

  digital accessibility · automation · assistive technology · disability representation · home automation

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