Kasia Chmielinski, co-founder of The Data Nutrition Project and former advisor to the UN and White House, shares her insights on responsible AI in product management. She emphasizes the need to balance innovation with ethical considerations, advocating for transparency in data usage. Kasia discusses the importance of including marginalized user groups to create inclusive products and explores the significance of qualitative data labeling for better understanding AI datasets. Her experience with large organizations adds depth to her views on navigating the ethics of technology.
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Center Marginalized Users
Center marginalized users when designing new products.
Monitor product usage and gather feedback to address gaps and biases retrospectively.
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Refuse and Redirect
Refuse to build harmful products or redirect efforts towards better solutions.
Frame refusal as a redirection by proposing alternative solutions that address the underlying problem.
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AI as a Process
Treat AI development as a continuous process, not just a product launch.
Implement checks and feedback loops throughout the AI lifecycle to address issues early and mitigate harm.
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In this episode of the Product Experience Podcast, we speak with Kasia Chmielinski, co-founder of The Data Nutrition Project, who discusses their work on responsible AI, data quality, and the Data Nutrition Project. Kasia highlights the importance of balancing innovation with ethical considerations in product management, the challenges of working within large organizations like the UN, and the need for transparency in data usage.
Our Hosts Lily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She’s currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She’s worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.
Randy Silver is a Leadership & Product Coach and Consultant. He gets teams unstuck, helping you to supercharge your results. Randy's held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups, and been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury’s. He participated in Silicon Valley Product Group’s Coaching the Coaches forum, and speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can join one of communities he runs for CPOs (CPO Circles), Product Managers (Product In the {A}ether) and Product Coaches. He’s the author of What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager’s Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19. A recovering music journalist and editor, Randy also launched Amazon’s music stores in the US & UK.
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