An introductory talk discussing the ways in which classification is an infrastructure and technology of power. Considering the fundamental role of classification in AI, the presenters will explore the implications for embedded social inequality.

Alex Hanna is a sociologist and senior research scientist on the Ethical AI team at Google. Previously she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. She will be joined by Dylan Baker, a software engineer and Emily Denton, a research scientist who work on the Ethical AI team at Google.