Shaping The Future Of Algorithmic Diversity Ecosystems
Bringing nations, cities and leaders to embrace ability-centered environments, addressing human capability, neurodiversity, cognitive and experiential differences
Appearances and ecosystems
Recent publications
WEF Agenda: How cognitive diversity in AI can help close the disability inclusion gap
Forbes Tech Council: Algorithmic Diversity. Mitigating AI Bias And Disability Exclusion
OECD: AI Act and disability-centred policy: how can we stop perpetuating social exclusion?
Statement
Algorithmic Diversity statement
At least 1 in 6 people living with one or more neurological conditions, 1 in 7 are neurodivergent, 1 in 4 adults — suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. All of these differences are connected to the spectrum of ability and comorbidity, sensibility, physical and tactile experiences, visual and color experiences, differences in the systems of learning, memorizing, systemizing, and empathizing.
These “invisible disabilities” lead to the biggest level of social exclusion, isolation and rejection across all conditions and states. Unemployment among those with autism is approximately 85%, severe mental health disorders – 68%-83%, Down syndrome – 43%. Social, economic and environmental parameters add even more criteria to this analysis that are distributed across different social layers, subgroups, communities.
How can we co-create nations, cities and ecosystems accordingly?
Explore the overview document.
Algorithms
Algorithms & cities
Our upcoming work “Algorithmic Diversity: Building Cities, Policies & Algorithms Centering Human Ability & Experiences“
- National AI acts, ability & human centricity
- Aligning algorithms, cognitive & mental diversity
- Assistive technology, modular systems and adoption
- Workplace and labor access
- Open source diversity data
- Cognitive cities and networks
- Social companions, emotions, experiences
- Accessibility and evolving knowledge frameworks
- Policing, misuse, autonomous and high risks systems
- Mitigating ability bias and exclusion
Policies
Policies & letters
Algorithmic diversity policy aims to both empower and regulate the development of technologies, including adaptive, assistive, learning and city solutions, providing rules and guidelines on how different stakeholders can come together in order to build human-centered ecosystems. In particular, Yonah and allies work on policy suggestions, frameworks and letters addressing research, evaluation, aspects of safety, privacy, fairness, accountability, transparency and other human-centricity criteria.
Allies
Allies & projects
Publications
Publications & articles
WEF Agenda: How cognitive diversity in AI can help close the disability inclusion gap
Unemployment among people with disabilities is as high as 80% in some countries, making them among the most marginalized groups when it comes to work. Those who are employed often face unequal hiring and promotion standards, unequal pay for equal work, and occupational segregation, which makes it difficult to close the disability inclusion gap. Indeed, the cost of excluding people with disabilities represents up to 7% of the GDP in some countries. Forbes Tech Council: Algorithmic Diversity. Mitigating AI Bias And Disability Exclusion
Similar to how AI systems may discriminate against people of a particular origin or skin tone, systems such as computer vision, facial recognition, speech recognition and hiring or medical platforms may discriminate against individuals with disabilities. Facial differences or asymmetry, different gestures, gesticulation, speech impairment or different communication styles may lead to inaccurate identification or discrimination. Media
Media & appearances
WISE24 June 19
Zinc Mission 3 June 24
Conception X June 25
StartEd July 15
500 Startups Talk July 23
Zinc Mission 3 July 30
ALA Aug 25
Techstars Summit Sep 1
StartEd Sep 2
We Need A Change Sep 5
Data Ethics For All Sep 17
Ada Lovelace Hackathon Oct 10
Talk With Sophie Baron Oct 13
A2i Dyslexia Oct 14
Future Hub Oct 15
Bridge For Billions Oct 26
MIT Hack For The Future Nov 8
Teens In AI Podcast Nov 12
Talent Hack – AI & Blockchain Nov 15
Design The Future Nov 19
Insead Indevor Postponed
Boundless Nov 25
Horasis Asia Meeting Nov 30
500 Startups South Korea Dec 2
SEF Dec 5
Blockchain Israel Dec 7
AI Summit New York Dec 9
FemTech Dec 15
Way Davos Dec 19
Women Think Tank Dec 23
Tech For Disability Jan 14
Young Founders Summit Jan 16
Disability Tech UK Feb 10
Digital AI Conclave Feb 10
Are You A Robot Feb 26
MozFest Mar 8
CreAItivity Mar 13
Entrepreneurship Ethics Mar 15
Horasis AI Mar 18
Artificial Intelligence EU Mar 25
SparkFest Mar 30
MEET Apr 11
Futures Lab Apr 20
Rethinking Economics Apr 22
Lebanon IoT & AI May 4
World Humanitarian Forum May 19
Datalift May 28
Internet Freedom June 3
Women In AI June 4
RightsCon June 7
WomenTech June 8
Wonder Women Tech LatinX June 10
Dublin Tech Summit June 17
IWIB June 18
ML Innovation June 22
EU Tech Chamber July 8
Human Rights Copenhagen Aug 17
Pondering AI Sep 1
Times Higher Education Sep 3
Tech London Advocates Sep 21
AI Summit London Sep 23
Diversity In Tech Awards Oct 1
Women in IT Oct 13
She Loves Tech Oct 13/16
FWD 50 Nov 2
Women In Tech Nov 3
Women Of Mena Tech Nov 4
AWE US 2021 Nov 9
AI World Congress Postponed
Formwelt Nov 13
Girlscript Summit Nov 15<
Responsible AI Dec 7
ML Con Berlin Dec 7/8
Cognitive AI Postponed
AI Asia Conference Postponed
