CtrlZ.AI zine fair: critical perspectives

Abstract

The FAT* conference has begun the necessary conversation on the normative implications and ethical ramifications of sociotechnical systems. However, many scholars have pointed to the limitations in methodologies and scope of analysis (e.g. [8, 11]). In addition to these critiques, we add in the fact that those who are most affected by this technology do not have the skills, training, or technical aptitude to participate in these conversations. With the exception of the 2018 FAT* tutorial which featured Terrance Wilkerson (who had been labeled as likely to highly recidivate by COMPAS) and his partner, there has been silence from those most impacted by algorithmic unfairness at FAT*. This silence has been deafening, as FAT* conversations - with a few notable exceptions (e.g. [1, 4]) - have failed to discuss anti-racist politics, prison abolition, and social justice.