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This Honors seminar is one of my favorite courses I have taken at UC. I have been challenged and grown in so many ways intellectually. I have been able to learn from my peers are create a space where it is clear that our criminal justice system needs change. We were then able to dedicate the semester to identifying where change needs to happen and brainstorming initiatives for the future.
The movie attached above (left) was a great Netflix documentary that we watched as a part of our research and it had a profound impact on me. It focuses on the 13th Amendment what it meant then and what it means today. Mostly, it looks into how there are contingencies and loops throughout the 13th Amendment. It is a must watch.
In the presentation attached above (right), is a presentation that I completed analyzing Risk Assessment Instruments and what role they play in ethics in criminal justice. I researched for many weeks getting the full picture and found great racial and ethnic disparities that lay inside an "algorithm". I found that there is bias in mathematics and there is bias in artificial intelligence because every tool provided to us is a result of human design and ingenuity. It was disheartening to find out that Risk Assessment tools that were created to mitigate bias are perpetuating and exacerbating it today.
Every week, we had readings and research to prepare on a topic and on Wednesdays we came together to discuss our ideas, reservations, and perspectives. I loved being able to listen and brainstorm with my peers in such an unstructured way. We had so many conversations that will stick with me for years to come. It was the highlight of my week being able to talk openly about race and injustice that we see everyday.
The movie attached above (left) was a great Netflix documentary that we watched as a part of our research and it had a profound impact on me. It focuses on the 13th Amendment what it meant then and what it means today. Mostly, it looks into how there are contingencies and loops throughout the 13th Amendment. It is a must watch.
In the presentation attached above (right), is a presentation that I completed analyzing Risk Assessment Instruments and what role they play in ethics in criminal justice. I researched for many weeks getting the full picture and found great racial and ethnic disparities that lay inside an "algorithm". I found that there is bias in mathematics and there is bias in artificial intelligence because every tool provided to us is a result of human design and ingenuity. It was disheartening to find out that Risk Assessment tools that were created to mitigate bias are perpetuating and exacerbating it today.
Every week, we had readings and research to prepare on a topic and on Wednesdays we came together to discuss our ideas, reservations, and perspectives. I loved being able to listen and brainstorm with my peers in such an unstructured way. We had so many conversations that will stick with me for years to come. It was the highlight of my week being able to talk openly about race and injustice that we see everyday.
