{"673083":{"#nid":"673083","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LMC\u0027s Brock to Serve on AI Network Advisory Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta communities most vulnerable to bias and inequity in artificial intelligence (AI) are the focus of a new Atlanta-based ethics initiative being funded by a $1.3 million Mellon Foundation grant.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe Atlanta Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence (AIAI) Network, which is set to formally kick off during an event at Science Gallery Atlanta from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 4, brings together computing, humanities, and social justice researchers from Georgia Tech, Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, and community partner DataedX.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAndre Brock, an associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication serves on the network\u2019s steering committee. Carl DiSalvo, Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing professor,\u0026nbsp;and faculty member of the Institute for People and Technology, is an AIAI co-principal investigator (co-PI).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDiSalvo said the idea for the AIAI Network had been in the works for years. However, the researchers now have the needed funding thanks to the Mellon Foundation. The grant allows the network to hire its first graduate students for the 2023-2024 academic year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/major-grant-funds-new-ai-ethics-network-will-emphasize-atlanta-voices\u0022\u003EA version of this story was first published by the College of Computing.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta communities most vulnerable to bias and inequity in artificial intelligence (AI) are the focus of a new Atlanta-based ethics initiative being funded by a $1.3 million Mellon Foundation grant.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Atlanta communities most vulnerable to bias and inequity in artificial intelligence (AI) are the focus of a new Atlanta-based ethics initiative being funded by a $1.3 million Mellon Foundation grant."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2024-02-20 18:00:06","changed_gmt":"2024-02-20 18:00:29","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671373":{"id":"671373","type":"image","title":"Andr\u00e9 Brock, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAndr\u00e9 Brock, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1692018000","gmt_created":"2023-08-14 13:00:00","changed":"1691707789","gmt_changed":"2023-08-10 22:49:49","alt":"Andr\u00e9 Brock sits in front of a window filled with the reflections of lights","file":{"fid":"254409","name":"brock169.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/10\/brock169.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/10\/brock169.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1474584,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/08\/10\/brock169.JPG?itok=MVJG9H31"}}},"media_ids":["671373"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}