Is AI the Next Civil Rights Battlefield?

About this episode

Roy L. Austin Jr. joins Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed to discuss the intersection of AI and civil rights, highlighting the biases in technology and the importance of Black representation in shaping its future.

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/Is AI the Next Civil Rights Battlefield? Episode Video Link: In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective Podcast , Roy L. Austin Jr. joins Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed for a powerful conversation about artificial intelligence, civil rights, racial justice, technology, and accountability. Roy explains why AI is not neutral when the data behind it reflects the same discrimination found in housing, policing, criminal justice, employment, media, and corporate systems. The conversation explores biased data, cultural competency, predictive policing, content moderation, responsible innovation, and the urgent need to make civil rights part of the AI blueprint. This episode challenges listeners to think more deeply about who builds technology, who is protected by it, who is harmed by it, and why Black communities must be present in shaping the future. ▶︎ In This Episode 00:00 Opening 01:05 Welcome to BEP 02:00 AI and civil rights 08:30 Why the civil rights fight continues 15:00 Housing, policing, and systemic discrimination 23:05 Race, law, and power 28:30 The 16th Street Baptist Church case 39:30 Civil rights…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tony Tidbit, Chris P. Reed

Guest: Roy L. Austin Jr.

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• civil rights
• racial justice
• technology
• accountability
• biased data
• cultural competency

Keywords

• AI
• civil rights
• racial justice
• technology
• accountability
• predictive policing
• responsible innovation
• cultural competency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Howard Law AI Initiative

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