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{\an8}It was 2006
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Coded Bias

{\an8}It was 2006, {\an7}and they gave me the job offerat the hedge fund, {\an8}basically...

{\an8}It was 2006, {\an7}and they gave me the job offer
at the hedge fund, {\an8}basically 'cause
I could solve math puzzles

Full Transcript

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{\an8}It was 2006,
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{\an7}and they gave me the job offer at the hedge fund,
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{\an8}basically 'cause I could solve math puzzles.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:37
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}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
{\an7}It calculates what value the teacher added, - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an7}It calculates what value the teacher added,