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Coded Bias

{\an1}Like, I remember being told by my sixth grade math teacher, {\an1}"There's no reason...

{\an1}Like, I remember being told by my sixth grade math teacher, {\an1}"There's no reason for you..." {\an1}and the other two girls
who had gotten into {\an1}the honors algebra class
in seventh grade, {\an1}she goes, "There's no reason
for you guys to take that {\an1}because you're girls;
you will never need math." {\an1}[soft dramatic music] ♪ ♪ When you are an...
Sort of an outsider, {\an1}you always have the
perspective of the underdog

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{\an1}Like, I remember being told
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by my sixth grade math teacher,
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{\an1}"There's no reason for you..."
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{\an1}and the other two girls who had gotten into
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{\an1}the honors algebra class in seventh grade,
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{\an1}she goes, "There's no reason for you guys to take that
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{\an1}because you're girls; you will never need math."
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{\an1}[soft dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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When you are an... Sort of an outsider,
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{\an1}you always have the perspective of the underdog.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:12
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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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...
{\an8}It was 2006, - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an8}It was 2006,
{\an1}I didn't know anything about programming - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}I didn't know anything about programming
{\an1}When I first got there, I kind of drank the Kool-Aid. - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}When I first got there, I kind of drank the Kool-Aid.
I, at that moment, did not realize - Coded Bias 00:07
I, at that moment, did not realize
{\an1}For example, when Americans are bet against - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an1}For example, when Americans are bet against
{\an1}So it's, like, looking for a particular profile of people - Coded Bias 00:13
{\an1}So it's, like, looking for a particular profile o...
{\an1}That was an algorithmic game that came out of Wall Street. - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}That was an algorithmic game that came out of Wall Str...
{\an1}The tyranny of these types of practices of discrimination - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an1}The tyranny of these types of practices of discriminat...
{\an8}- There was a world of suffering - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an8}- There was a world of suffering
{\an7}After a couple years there, I was like, - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an7}After a couple years there, I was like,
{\an7}This is 15 times... 7. - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an7}This is 15 times... 7.
I use data to make automated decisions - Coded Bias 00:10
I use data to make automated decisions
{\an1}Sometimes you don't even know - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}Sometimes you don't even know
I am called mathematical model, - Coded Bias 00:11
I am called mathematical model,
I am a black box. - Coded Bias 00:05
I am a black box.
[indistinct chatter] - Coded Bias 00:11
[indistinct chatter]
I got wind of it because my good friend - Coded Bias 00:07
I got wind of it because my good friend
- Hey, guys. - We knew each other - Coded Bias 00:05
- Hey, guys. - We knew each other
- And their scores through this algorithm - Coded Bias 00:08
- And their scores through this algorithm
Not good enough when you're talking - Coded Bias 00:12
Not good enough when you're talking