Is Pokémon Go Biased? Exploring Potential Redlining in Popular AR Game
March 1, 2016
In 2016, a social media campaign revealed an apparent bias towards white neighborhoods in the location of augmented reality features within the popular mobile game, Pokemon Go. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). The importance of responsible AI governance in preventing harm and ensuring trustworthy and safe AI is highlighted once again. JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- niantic-labs
- Alleged developer
- niantic-labs
- Alleged harmed parties
- non-white-neighborhoods, communities-of-color
Source
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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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