Robots and Bias: A Feminist View

Have you ever thought about how robots learn? Well, they use models that humans create, and these models can be biased. This means the robots might copy the unfairness we see in society. For example, they might treat some people worse than others based on things like race or gender. This is a big problem because robots are used in many places, from hospitals to schools. Feminists have been fighting against unfairness for a long time. They look at how different groups are treated and work to make things fair for everyone. Some types of feminism, like intersectional feminism and decolonial feminism, are really important here. They help us see how different kinds of unfairness can combine and make things even worse.So, what does this mean for robots? Well, we need to think about how they learn and how we can make that learning fair. We can use feminist ideas to help us do this. For instance, we can think about how different groups might be affected by a robot's decisions. By doing this, we can start to fix the biases that robots have. In the end, it's all about making sure that robots help everyone, not just some people. And that's where feminism comes in. It helps us see the problems and find ways to solve them.