Preparing for the future
Artificial intelligence is currently being driven by large language models. It is a paradigm shift for all of us. It reflects the way the world is structured so it is carries all the bad stuff with it - racism, patriarchy, and classism. How should Black Studies deal with it? It is in all our classrooms right now. Our students are using ChatGPT. Do we fight it, and if so how? Do we prepare our students to use it, and if so how? Here are some sources to help begin the discourse we need.
NOTE--This informational blog is compiled by (with the exception of the introduction and photograph) and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akalimat, PhD
See our earlier article on this revolutionary technology
*African Americans and the Revolutionary Potential of AI (historianspeaks.org)
Black in AI https://blackinai.github.io/#/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_in_AI https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lemnAcwAAAAJ&hl=en
Black Women in AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqgmjdclTjU
African American History Meets AI in the 21st Century Classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fAPIiM0bE
Securing the Black Voice in the World of Artificial Intelligence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRkK38A0kjg
White Supremacy and Artificial Intelligence https://aas.princeton.edu/news/white-supremacy-and-artificial-intelligence
Blackgpt Five Reasons That Black Students Should Learn About And Use Artificial Intelligence Models https://csteachers.org/blackgpt-five-reasons-that-black-students-should-learn-about-and-use-artificial-intelligence-models/
Is Artificial Intelligence Anti-Black https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2023/07/24/is-artificial-intelligence-anti-black/?sh=4c647d1873e0
What you didn't know about artificial intelligence and race https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2023/february/what-you-didnt-know-about-artificial-intelligence-and-race/
Bias in Artificial Intelligence https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/08/meredith-broussard-ai-bias-documentaryAI