New Delhi: IIT Madras will use ‘Hidden Voices’ made by Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence which aims to auto generate women’s biographies on Wikipedia.
Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence of IIT Madras has joined hands with Superbloom Studios and IITM alumni association to launch an initiative named ‘Hidden Voices’ that will help in reducing the gender data gap on the web.
Hidden Voices' project seeks to auto-generate profiles of several important women over the next year, notably by March 8, 2023, for International Women's Day. It will definitely have a positive effect on gender equality among internet resources.
In an official statement from IIT Madras it was said that, “While there are multiple layers of complexity to resolve the nature of equitable representation across all digital platforms, it is noted that there is significant value in increasing women representation in Wikipedia”.
The Hidden Voices staff is particularly proud of the fact that SuperBloom Studios was co-founded by three IIT Madras graduates who have built a practice that spans three continents.
Elaborating on the event, Professor Balaraman Ravindran, Head, RBCDS AI, IIT Madras, said, “The project will be an instance of a human-allied AI execution. While the state-of-the-art of Automated Language Processing has significantly advanced there are situations when the AI will make errors.
This is especially so when processing documents about underrepresented populations, the very fact that this project is trying to address. Hence, we will take advantage of AI solutions where possible, and judiciously use human oversight and verification to produce high quality outputs.”
Explaining the project further Raji Baskaran, Founding Partner, SuperBloom Studios, said, “The lack of availability of proper information often creates and cements unintended biases. This is nowhere more prominent than in the ever-widening digital gender data gap. Hidden Voices addresses a critical data gap and builds tools to systematically reduce this gap at scale. Building products and services that are inclusive is at the core of our business strategy.”
Mr. Krishnan Narayanan, President, IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA), said, “This project comes under our Mission Million Smiles and Women-in-STEM program. A large number of our alumni, especially the younger ones, are digitally proficient and are willing to volunteer their time for such a wonderful cause.”
Hidden Voices will begin with compiling biographies of women from North America and India who have made significant contributions to STEM subjects and related commercial industries. Over time, the team hopes to broaden its knowledge, geographical expansion, and inclusion of additional underrepresented communities.
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