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<font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="2"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><font face="Arial,serif,EmojiFont" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent">I'm
one of four research interns taking part in the humanitarian AI internship at the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (</span></font><a href="https://mila.quebec/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk122805" previewremoved="true"><font face="Arial,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#1155CC"><span style="font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent">MILA</span></font></a><font face="Arial,serif,EmojiFont" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent">).
My team is working on a project to tackle gender bias in text with machine learning (a branch of artificial intelligence). </span></font><font face="Arial,serif,EmojiFont" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent">In recent years,
a lot of AI models are found to be biased because machines are trained with data that contains human-like biases.</span></font></span></font></div>
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solve this problem, we are attempting to build a clean dataset that contains text labeled as 'gender biased' or 'not gender biased'. </span></font><font face="Arial,serif,EmojiFont" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent">Our first
prototype was launched at the end of the AI4GOOD summer lab and has been active ever since however, the main issue we had was context and people not fully understanding what gender bias is.</span></font></span></font></div>
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really want to put emphasis on the definition and this is why we are reaching out to several individuals in the community. In order to build a good dataset, we need to understand what gender bias is and define it as precisely as possible.</span></font><font face="Arial,serif,EmojiFont" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><br>
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dictionary-like definition of gender bias; for now, we have narrowed it down to 3 subcategories (stereotypes, gender generalizations, and abusive language) but we would like to confirm this with professionals. </div>
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Here is a questionnaire we have prepared which would help us affirm and clarify our understanding of gender bias <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/0qMohbYnMbUFp2ii1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk26552" previewremoved="true">https://goo.gl/forms/0qMohbYnMbUFp2ii1</a></div>
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I would really appreciate if you could take the time to answer it and if you are still unclear on what our purpose is please feel free to message me.</div>
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<div>Thank you very much for your time,</div>
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