Participation is not a Design Fix for Machine Learning
Citation:
Sloane, M., Moss, E., Awomolo, O. & Forlano, L. (2020). “Participation is not a Design Fix for Machine Learning”. In Daumé, H.C. & Singh, A. (Eds.),
ICML'20: Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning. Volume 119. New York: JMLR. Retrieved April 01, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.1145/3551624.3555285
Work data:
ISBN: 979-84-00703-81-2Type of work: Communication
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ICT InfrastructureAbstract:
This paper critically examines existing modes of participation in design practice and machine learning. Cautioning against ”participationwashing”, it suggests that the ML community must become attuned to possibly exploitative and extractive forms of community involvement and shift away from the prerogatives of contextindependent scalability.
