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Coded Bias (2020)

Coded Bias (2020)

Documentary
Release Date: 2020, November 11
Directors: Shalini Kantayya
Countries: China, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: 7th Empire Media, Independent Lens, ITVS, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Chicken & Egg Films, Women Make Movies, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant, Sundance Institute
Cast: Jim Jordan, Cathy O'Neil, Joy Buolamwini, Meredith Broussard, Silkie Carlo, Virginia Eubanks, Ravi Naik, Safiya Umoja Noble, Zeynep Tufekci

Overview:

Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.

Keywords:

artificial intelligence (a.i.) racism racial discrimination sexism mass surveillance silicon valley algorithm sexual discrimination civil rights big brother gafam facial recognition