Student Gallery
Over six weeks, our three undergraduates developed sketches to document their reactions to their research. From paper sketches to full illustrations, their pieces follow and develop upon multiple themes in their research: discovery of bias, investigations on humanity, and the future of law and design justice.
Discovery of bias
- "Inspired by the Duke PULSE case, I wanted to create contrast between the faces that the media elevates and those that are forgotten or excluded." - Marie Cheng
- "I wanted to emphasize the impact that people have on their creations, intentional or not. Without greater accountability, the extreme power imbalance between AI creator and consumer will only worsen." - Marie Cheng
- "I also created this zoomed out perspective of "In the Image of Your Creator" to establish scale and to characterize the creator. The box that surrounds him represents the narrow image of who we view as experts. Through this project we hope to expand the definition of "expert" to include members from underrepresented communities and perspectives." - Marie Cheng
- "Inspired by the Duke PULSE case, I wanted to create contrast between the faces that the media elevates and those that are forgotten or excluded." - Marie Cheng
Investigations on Humanity
- "This painting explores the idea of "pulling back the veil" on the algorithms that dominate our lives. A robot arm towards the right symbolically holds up a mirror "to society," reflecting the biases embedded in humanity--biases that are not eliminated, but rather continually perpetuated, by resulting AI systems." - Athena Yao
- "The advent of social media and technology has been described as holding the potential to result in a "checkmate on humanity": an existential threat that will turn the interconnectedness of our world against us. Who is responsible for ensuring that this will not happen? Is this an issue for corporations? For governments? For all of us?" - Athena Yao
- "When I was younger, I really enjoyed visiting Walmart and striking conversions with the cashiers since each conversation was really welcoming and refreshing. It saddens me every time I walk past the now silent section of the store, filled with only the beeps and automated voices of the self-checkout machines." - Amber Park
- "This painting explores the idea of "pulling back the veil" on the algorithms that dominate our lives. A robot arm towards the right symbolically holds up a mirror "to society," reflecting the biases embedded in humanity--biases that are not eliminated, but rather continually perpetuated, by resulting AI systems." - Athena Yao
The Future of law and design justice
- "Based on the facial recognition technology that we studied, I wanted to create a piece that depicted technology’s creeping influence on humanity. On the flip side, however, we are the ones who create insidious innovations and have the power to change their course. We control who will win the struggle between ethics and equity in our future technology vs autocracy of mega corporations and exclusion of marginalized groups." - Amber Park
- "What would it look like if everyone lived together on one street, in a world where many worlds fit? How would technology and AI play a role in building and shaping such a world?" - Athena Yao
- "[The use of AI in the criminal justice system is] trying to eliminate the negative personal biases that people bring in making decisions in the criminal justice system but in reality, it takes away the ability for more nuanced consideration...when you put people in buckets, it always stands the risk for turning into a serious equity problem." - Sabrina Golling, Rural Forward North Carolina - Athena Yao
- "Based on the facial recognition technology that we studied, I wanted to create a piece that depicted technology’s creeping influence on humanity. On the flip side, however, we are the ones who create insidious innovations and have the power to change their course. We control who will win the struggle between ethics and equity in our future technology vs autocracy of mega corporations and exclusion of marginalized groups." - Amber Park