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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Privacy@Michigan: Interrogating the Quiet Escalation of Tech Billionaire Influence on Detroit’s Future
DESCRIPTION:Join Chris Gilliard\, privacy researcher\, and Tawana Petty\, artist and organizer\, as they discuss the impact of big tech on the future of Detroit.\n\nAn eleven-foot Robocop statue stands prominently in Eastern Market. A defense contractor headquarters is moving to the riverfront. A drone conference is scheduled to take place on land\, in the air\, and on the water. A large billboard and an annual conference signal Palantir’s investment into Detroit as “America’s Future\,” a billion-dollar renovated “train” station and technology campus is building a drone highway\, and the World Economic Forum has its eyes on the city as a potential location for its global Davos summit.\n\nWhat does this trajectory mean for the future of a predominantly Black city that has led the country in misidentification cases by law enforcement using facial recognition\, has had a median household income hovering under $40\,000\, and has more than 50% of its youth living in poverty?\n\nDr. Chris Gilliard and Tawana Petty will interrogate these questions and more.
UID:145440-21897360@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145440
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,All Majors Welcome,big data,Big Tech,Central Campus,Community,computer science,computers,Culture,Data,Data Science,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Studies,digital technology,Discussion,Ethics,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Human Rights\, Sustainability\, Social Impact,Humanities,In Person,information and technology,information law,information policy,information studies,information technology,Innovation,Interdisciplinary,it,Its,Lecture,michigan it,Politics,privacy,Public Policy,Social Impact,social influence,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,technology
LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room (3rd Floor)
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