What Is Data Trauma?

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"Trauma is like a it's a word that has pretty heavy connotations. So I feel like I feel very small like trying to track down improving conversion rates for it," she said. "When we speak of data in certain communities, it comes with an extraordinary amount of trauma when we think about credit scores and data attached to credit scores"

Ethics in AI is a broad, deep, and tough subject. It's also, arguably, one of the most important subjects for analysts, data scientists, and organizations overall to deliberately and determinedly tackle as a standard part of how they do work. On this episode, Renée Cummings, Professor of Practice in Data Science and Data Activist in Residence at the University of Virginia (among many other roles), joined us for a discussion of the subject. Her knowledge of the topic is as deep as her passion for it, and both are bordering on the limitless, so it was an incredibly informative chat! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.