Towards an accessible, inclusive artificial intelligence (AI2)

Deadline extension (Insight Grants)

Following ongoing technical issues, the application deadline for Insight Grants has been extended to October 3, 8pm (eastern).

We are experiencing a high volume of emails to our Help Desk. If you contacted us about your application, please be patient and we will respond as soon as possible.

More information

Towards an accessible, inclusive artificial intelligence (AI2)

Printable version

About the project

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of study that allows computers to mimic human intelligence and is part of health informatics. Machine learning techniques are a subset of AI techniques that detect patterns in the data to assist users in making decisions. However, AI can also perpetuate biases against certain groups, including people with disabilities. This is because AI software learns from pre-existing data and uses that data to make predictions. AI bias has been reported in many areas, including business, social media, the economy, politics and healthcare. While researchers started to account for the types of biases built in AI-based software, an assessment of AI biases towards people with disabilities is virtually nonexistent. We must ensure that AI models are built accessibly and inclusively for people with disabilities and other groups. This project assesses AI use [...]

Read article at sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

Article Taxonomies

Categories: