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In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective Podcast, Roy L. Austin Jr. joins Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed for a powerful conversation about artificial intelligence, civil rights, racial justice, technology, and accountability.
Roy explains why AI is not neutral when the data behind it reflects the same discrimination found in housing, policing, criminal justice, employment, media, and corporate systems. The conversation explores biased data, cultural competency, predictive policing, content moderation, responsible innovation, and the urgent need to make civil rights part of the AI blueprint.
This episode challenges listeners to think more deeply about who builds technology, who is protected by it, who is harmed by it, and why Black communities must be present in shaping the future.
▶︎ In This Episode 00:00 Opening
01:05 Welcome to BEP
02:00 AI and civil rights
08:30 Why the civil rights fight continues
15:00 Housing, policing, and systemic discrimination
23:05 Race, law, and power
28:30 The 16th Street Baptist Church case
39:30 Civil rights meets AI
47:00 AI bias, imagery, and responsibility
52:00 Cultural competency in technology
57:05 Fairness, red teaming, and AI accountability
01:05:40 Howard Law AI Initiative
01:07:50 What gives Roy hope
01:13:40 Tony’s Tidbit
01:14:20 L.E.S.S. and closing
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