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{\an1}- We are announcing that late yesterday we filed suit
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Coded Bias

{\an1}- We are announcing thatlate yesterday we filed suit {\an1}in federal court...

{\an1}- We are announcing that
late yesterday we filed suit {\an1}in federal court against
the current HISD evaluation

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{\an1}- We are announcing that late yesterday we filed suit
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{\an1}in federal court against the current HISD evaluation.
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10 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:56
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...
{\an1}- The Houston Federation of Teachers - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}- The Houston Federation of Teachers
If this can happen to Mr. Santos - Coded Bias 00:07
If this can happen to Mr. Santos
And so we sued based upon the 14th Amendment. - Coded Bias 00:05
And so we sued based upon the 14th Amendment.
How can you arrive at a conclusion - Coded Bias 00:07
How can you arrive at a conclusion
{\an1}[speaking indistinctly] - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}[speaking indistinctly]
{\an1}There are still communities, - Coded Bias 00:16
{\an1}There are still communities,
[speaking Spanish] - Coded Bias 00:06
[speaking Spanish]
- A judge said that their due process rights - Coded Bias 00:12
- A judge said that their due process rights
{\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