As secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres said during the 2020 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, “COVID-19 has been likened to an X-ray, revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies we have built.” Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing global inequalities. Whether at the local, national, or international scale, the gap between the privileged and the vulnerable is growing wider, resulting in a broad increase in inequality across all dimensions of society. The disease has strained health systems, social support programs, and the economy as a whole, drawing an ever-widening distinction between those with access to treatment, services, and job opportunities and those without. Global lockdown restrictions have led to increases in childcare and housework responsibilities, and most of the burden has fallen on women, further increasing existing gender inequality [1] , [2] . Indigenous populations worldwide find themselves more vulnerable to infection, many times with less access to health services or hygiene measures and limited updated scientific information about the virus and measures that can be taken to mitigate it [3] . Inequality has also pervaded the education sector, with only a subset of students able to attend safe in-person schooling or access online education when needed.

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从人工智能偏差到COVID-19时代的不平等

作为秘书长联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯（Antonio Guterres）在2020年纳尔逊·曼德拉（Nelson Mandela）年度演讲中说：“ COVID-19被比作X射线，揭示了我们所建立社会的脆弱骨架中的断裂。” 毫无疑问，COVID-19大流行已经暴露并加剧了现有的全球不平等现象。无论是在地方，国家还是国际范围，特权阶层和弱势群体之间的差距都在扩大，导致社会各个方面的不平等现象大大增加。该疾病使卫生系统，社会支持计划以及整个经济紧张，在获得治疗，服务和工作机会的人与没有获得治疗，服务和工作机会的人之间越来越大的区别。全球封锁的限制导致托儿和家务劳动的责任增加，[1] ， [2] 。世界各地的土著人民发现自己更容易受到感染，很多时候获得卫生服务或卫生措施的机会较少，并且有关该病毒的最新科学信息以及为缓解该病毒而可以采取的措施的信息有限[3] 。不平等现象还席卷了教育领域，只有一小部分学生能够上安全的就读学校或在需要时接受在线教育。