Ash Coleman on Testing, Ethics, Diversity and What it Means To Be an Ally
In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ash Coleman . Why listen to this podcast: • Testing is not a simplistic process that can be reduced to automation, although automation helps • Ethics matter in software development I we need to build products that the builders are proud of, that people will use in real life and that is safe for them to use • The lack of diversity in teams producing AI/ML based products results in very biased datasets • Ally-ship is an important role for people who have privilege to support and enable people from disadvantaged communities to overcome the biases in the system • It takes work, money and time to fix the imbalances in our workplaces – it doesn’t just happen because we would like it to More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2MZdZ7j You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2MZdZ7j