About this episode

Tracey Spicer discusses the biases in artificial intelligence and the importance of addressing them for equitable outcomes.

Today, we’re stepping into one of the most urgent conversations in tech right now: bias in artificial intelligence. Tracey Spicer AM is a Walkley Award-winning journalist, author, and longtime activist for gender equity. In this episode, she unpacks the unseen biases coded into the technologies we use every day—and what happens when we leave them unchecked. Drawing on years of research for her latest book Man-Made, Tracey explores the ethical challenges and opportunities in AI development, and why we all have a role to play in shaping more equitable outcomes.

People in this episode

Host: Jenelle McMaster

Guest: Tracey Spicer

Topics covered

• bias in AI
• gender equity
• ethical challenges in technology
• artificial intelligence
• equitable outcomes

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• bias
• gender equity
• technology ethics
• Tracey Spicer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EY - Ernst & Young

Books & works: Man-Made

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