The Hooks Institute Policy Papers
Abstract
The 2023 Policy Papers analyze the impact of AI and automation on marginalized communities in three crucial areas: 1) In "Regulating Facial Recognition Technology to Reduce Bias" Khortlan Becton, JD, MTS, explores the urgent need to regulate AI to eradicate existing and potential policies and practices that dispro-portionately discriminate against African Americans and minorities. Becton proposes the creation of a new federal agency to regulate AI. 2) In "Automation and Artificial Intelligence in the Field of Social Work: Understanding Technology in Practice" Susan Elswick, EdD, LCSW, a faculty member in the University of Memphis School of Social Work, seeks a path to us-ing AI and Automation to provide social work counseling to those in need. Elswick not only explores how effective cli-ent counseling is dependent upon access and ability to use technology by clients but also argues that social workers require formal training from institutions of higher learning on how to use AI and automation to benefit their clients. 3) In "The Impact of Automation on Our Workforce" Meka Egwuekwe, MS, founder and executive director of Code Crew, approaches AI and automation from the per-spective of a practitioner who teaches others to write computer code. Recognizing that the world is experiencing a revolution in how work is performed, Egwuekwe proposes recommendations that reskill or upskill the workforce, increased support for startups and small businesses, and a societal framework that will embrace universal basic income as a resource to aid those displaced by AI and Automation.
Recommended Citation
The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
(2023)
"The Promise and Peril: Unpacking the Impact of AI and Automation on Marginalized Communities,"
The Hooks Institute Policy Papers: Vol. 2023, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/hookspolicypapers/vol2023/iss1/1
