The Conversation: How AI resurrects racist stereotypes and disinformation — and why fact-checking isn’t enough
Sociology professor Dr. Nadiya Ali writes that generative AI is making it easier to perpetuate racism and structural inequity
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Dr. Nadiya N. Ali is an assistant professor in Sociology specializing in critical race, Black studies, Islamophobia, and anti-Black Islamophobia at Trent University. Professor Ali is passionate about community-action research and working on issues of social justice and inclusion.
By any measure, 2025 is the year artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly shifted the way we work, interact with each other and engage with the world at large. It has also made undeniable the enduring reality of racism and the limits of fact-checking in an age of disinformation.
Thanks to algorithmic systems, narratives that tap into deep-seated fears and anxieties travel farther and faster than ever before. They circle the globe before fact-checkers can even flag a problematic post.