Cambridge Public Library to Welcome Hilke Schellmann, Author of The Algorithm
4/30/2024 • 4 weeks ago
On Wednesday, May 8, from 6-7:30, the Cambridge Public Library will host a discussion with Hilke Schellmann, author of The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, and Why We Need to Fight Back. Schellmann will give a reading, followed by a conversation about the rise, and risks, of artificial intelligence. This event is hybrid, and registration is required.
In The Algorithm, Schellmann discovers that many of the algorithms making high‑stakes decisions are biased, racist, and do more harm than good. Drawing from exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents, and real-world test results, Schellmann delivers a shocking and illuminating expose on the next civil rights issue of our time: how AI has already taken over the workplace and shapes our future.
Hilke Schellmann is an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and an assistant professor of journalism at New York University. As a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, Schellmann writes about holding artificial intelligence (AI) accountable.
This event is the first lecture in a new series focused on artificial intelligence developed in collaboration with the Library’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) initiative and the Communications team.
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