Apryl
Williams
Tech Has
a Race Problem.
From online dating to AI-driven hiring, algorithms are making life-altering decisions — and Apryl Williams, Ph.D. is one of the many people holding them accountable. Associate professor at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, she's the author of two books and a leading voice on race, technology, and justice in the digital age.
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Award-Winning Author + Public Scholar + Advocate + Provocateur +
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The Injustice of Fairness: Algorithmic Reparation and the Case for Redress
"Fair" algorithms and AI keep failing us. In The Injustice of Fairness, Jenny L. Davis and Apryl Williams dismantle the fairness paradigm and suggest a more honest alternative: a concrete framework for algorithmic reparation and lasting social change.
Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating
Online dating platforms call race-based discrimination a personal preference. In Not My Type, Apryl Williams calls it what it actually is: sexual racism, encoded directly into the algorithms that decide who's desirable.
FEATURED WORK
BIIT Lab x Feeld
Most dating apps tell you who to want. Reflections asks who you are. Built with the BIIT Lab at the University of Michigan, Feeld's research-backed self-discovery tool was designed to help members explore identity, desire, and intimacy on their own terms.
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