#analogprivilege — Public Fediverse posts

#AnalogPrivilege #AI #DataWork: "There are many ways to reduce and perhaps even eradicate analog privilege. A right to be an exception can grant manual overrides based on merit instead of social or economic status. Since analog privilege and automated precarity are two sides of the same coin, protecting people against some detrimental AI systems correspondingly reduces analog privilege. To that end, the EU AI Act’s ban on unacceptably high-risk systems is directionally sound. But high-level AI laws alone won’t cut it: the technical community is also crucial to improving intelligibility so people subject to AI systems can actually understand and contest decisions.

Ultimately, looking at analog privilege and the detrimental effects of AI systems side by side fosters a better understanding of AI’s social impacts. Zooming out from AI harms and contrasting them with corresponding analog privileges makes legible a subtle permutation of longstanding patterns of exceptionalism. More importantly, putting the spotlight on privilege provides a valuable opportunity to interrupt unearned advantages and replace them with equitable, reasoned approaches to determining who should be subject to or exempt from AI systems." https://www.techpolicy.press/the-future-is-analog-if-you-can-afford-it/?utm_source=petitfours&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petit-fours-400-on-analog-privilege-data-work-and