Black Tech Green Money

Dr. Nashlie Sephus on the Future of AI, Ethics, and Empowering Underserved Communities

Ep. 167 Dr. Nashlie Sephus is the Applied Science Manager for the Amazon AI team focusing on fairness in AI. Based in Atlanta, she formally led the Amazon (A9) Visual Search and AR teams, which launched Part Finder, the visual search tool for replacement parts) on the Amazon Shopping App in 2018. The team for Part Finder came from from Atlanta-based startup Partpic in 2016, where she was the CTO. Dr. Sephus received her Ph.D. from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014 On this episode, Dr. Sephus speaks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about fairness in AI, her work in Jackson, Mississippi, and how tech is not Black, white, but instead, GREEN. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/willlucas">@willlucas</a> Follow Black Tech Green Money: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blacktechgreenmoney/">@blacktechgreenmoney</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BTGMPodcast">@btgmpodcast</a> Learn more at <a href="AfroTech.com">AfroTech.com</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Black Tech Green Money presents the stories of successful Black entrepreneurs and technologists, as well as actionable advice and wealth-building strategies from a Black perspective. Hosted by Will Lucas (@willlucas), an entrepreneur, content creator, and Brand Manager at AfroTech, the world's largest Black tech digital platform and conference, Black Tech Green Money is THE podcast for Black entrepreneurs and moguls in the making.