Reading list

A library with marginalia.

Books, papers, and articles that are shaping my thinking.

AI ethics

Algorithms of Oppression

by Safiya Umoja Noble

Part research paper and part book, this examines how search engines can reproduce and amplify racial and gendered power while presenting their results as neutral. It focuses primarily on Google Search and representations of African Americans.

I do not often read religious texts; however, this is a fascinating encyclical on safeguarding human dignity, truth, work and freedom amid the transformations brought by artificial intelligence.