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Coded Bias

A judge said thattheir due process rights had been violatedbecause they were fired...

A judge said that
their due process rights had been violated
because they were fired {\an1}under some explanation
that no one could understand, {\an1}that they sort of deserved
to understand {\an1}why they had been fired

Full Transcript

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- A judge said that their due process rights
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had been violated because they were fired
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{\an1}under some explanation that no one could understand,
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{\an1}that they sort of deserved to understand
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{\an1}why they had been fired.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:58
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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

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Movie Summary

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact...
{\an1}But I don't understand why that legal decision - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an1}But I don't understand why that legal decision
{\an1}Like, why aren't we using that same argument, - Coded Bias 00:18
{\an1}Like, why aren't we using that same argument,
{\an1}- Sometimes I misclassify and cannot be questioned. - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}- Sometimes I misclassify and cannot be questioned.
I was optimized for efficiency. - Coded Bias 00:06
I was optimized for efficiency.
{\an1}There is no algorithm to define what is just. - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}There is no algorithm to define what is just.
[soft tense music] - Coded Bias 00:10
[soft tense music]
The instrument uses an algorithm - Coded Bias 00:11
The instrument uses an algorithm
- The algorithm that kept me up at night - Coded Bias 00:05
- The algorithm that kept me up at night
{\an1}These are algorithms that judges are given - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}These are algorithms that judges are given
But then there's the question of fairness, - Coded Bias 00:07
But then there's the question of fairness,
{\an1}- ProPublica published an investigation - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}- ProPublica published an investigation
The study found that Black people - Coded Bias 00:11
The study found that Black people
{\an8}[display buzzes] - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an8}[display buzzes]
{\an1}I just got two citations, - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an1}I just got two citations,
{\an7}They were just, like, mentioning - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an7}They were just, like, mentioning
And so I knew that the algorithm decided - Coded Bias 00:05
And so I knew that the algorithm decided
{\an1}- That educated me enough to go back to my PO and be like, - Coded Bias 00:21
{\an1}- That educated me enough to go back to my PO and be l...
{\an1}- And by labeling you high-risk - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an1}- And by labeling you high-risk
{\an1}- That's what hurt the most, - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}- That's what hurt the most,
[tense music] - Coded Bias 00:20
[tense music]