In recent years, the use of Artificial Intelligence has been growing more and more in our society. This is due to the push for greater efficiency in performing different tasks and, at the same time, the desire to make more objective decisions free from human influence—or so it is claimed. From the judicial and penitentiary systems to tax control, from companies aiming to speed up hiring processes to banks approving loans, AI is being increasingly implemented.

However, the use of AI can often be unfair to certain social groups and may reinforce existing biases, ultimately worsening the living conditions of many people in our society. Just think of the Dutch childcare benefits scandal and its disastrous consequences here in the Netherlands, or the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) scandal and its damaging effects in the USA.

During this session of Radical Sunday School, we invite you to join us in discussing this growing issue in our society and the concept of Data Ethics, so we can collectively think about the problem and possible solutions.

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The formal education system affects us all. Not only are we forced to attend schools growing up, but academic research shapes our governments, our news, and how we view the world around us. As much as many of us want to believe in the promise of institutional education, the sad fact is that our schools and universities are undemocratic and elitist. They perpetuate inequalities instead of giving people the tools to fight them. This world is fucked.

Here at Radical Sunday School, though, we know that another world is possible. Everyone should be able to direct their own learning, to grow together with their communities, and to live as though they’re already free. There are countless examples of movements already putting these ideas into practice. This collective is trying to follow in their footsteps, organizing to explore new ways of learning based on principles of autonomy, mutual aid, and egalitarianism.

This is not intended to be a course that you would have to follow all the way through. Jump in and out whenever you like. Sessions will be held every Sunday at Joe's Garage.

Doors open at 17.30, we start sharp at 18.00!