Great project: Better images of AI library
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Better Images of AI Library website
Congratulations Tania Duarte and partners Marc Goblot FRSA, Alexa Steinbrück, Tristan Ferne for the vision, the perseverance and the brilliant work. Can't wait to start using them.
Ahem, any chance of doing the same for biotech and neurotech?!
FROM TANIA DUARTE:
Today we are thrilled to launch of Better Images of AI Image Library, which makes available the first commissioned and curated stock images of artificial intelligence (AI) in response to various research studies which have substantiated concerns about the negative impacts of the existing available imagery.
Betterimagesofai.org https://lnkd.in/eFvu-ayE is a collaboration between various global academics, artists, diversity advocates, and non-profit organisations. It aims to help create a more representative and realistic visual language for AI systems, themes, applications and impacts. It is now starting to provide free images, guidance and visual inspiration for those communicating on AI technologies.
At present, the available downloadable images on photo libraries, search engines, and content platforms are dominated by a limited range of images, for example those based on science fiction inspired shiny robots, glowing brains and blue backgrounds. These tropes are often used as inspiration even when new artwork is commissioned by media or tech companies.
The first few images to be released on the library showcase different approaches to visually communicating technologies such as computer vision and natural language processing and to communicating themes such as the role of ‘click workers’ who annotate data use in machine learning training and other human input to machine learning.
Better Images of AI is coordinated by We and AI and includes research, development and artistic input from BBC R&D, with academic partners Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Founding supporters of the initiative include the Ada Lovelace Institute, The Alan Turing Institute, Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI, Digital Catapult, International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW) at University of Tübingen, All Tech Is Human, Feminist Internet and Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence. These organisations will advise on the creation of images, ensuring that social and technical considerations and expertise underpin the creation and distribution of compelling new images.
The Better Images of AI project has so far been funded by volunteers at We and AI, and BBC R&D, and has had contributions from volunteer expert such as Alexa Steinbrück Merve Hickok Patricia Gestoso-Souto ◆ Inclusive Innovation Angela Kim R. Buse Ç. Marc Goblot FRSA Yadira Sánchez Benítez and Lusiné Mehrabyan.
It has had academic contributions and guidance from Kanta Dihal Jenn Chubb Beth Singler Teemu Roos and has been inspired by Arne Maibaum and the team at #notmyrobots.
We will do further posts crediting all the amazing artists who have contributed to the gallery and project.
We now need sponsors, donations in kind and other support in order to grow the repository and ensure that more images from artists from underrepresented groups, and from the global south can be included. Please connect us!
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