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{\an8}It's just not evenly distributed

{\an8}It's just not evenlydistributed, {\an7}and what they tend to meanwhen they say that...

Coded Bias • 2020

{\an8}It's just not evenly
distributed, {\an7}and what they tend to mean
when they say that {\an8}is that rich people
get the fancy tools first, {\an7}and then it goes last
to the poor, {\an1}but in fact, what I've found
is the absolute reverse, {\an1}which is the most punitive,
most invasive, {\an1}most surveillance-focused rules
that we have, they go into poor
and working communities first, {\an1}and then if they work after being tested
in this environment where there's
sort of low expectation that people's rights
will be respected, {\an7}then they get ported out
to other communities

Full Transcript

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{\an8}It's just not evenly distributed,

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{\an7}and what they tend to mean when they say that

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{\an8}is that rich people get the fancy tools first,

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{\an7}and then it goes last to the poor,

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{\an1}but in fact, what I've found is the absolute reverse,

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{\an1}which is the most punitive, most invasive,

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{\an1}most surveillance-focused rules that we have,

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they go into poor and working communities first,

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{\an1}and then if they work

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after being tested in this environment

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where there's sort of low expectation

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that people's rights will be respected,

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{\an7}then they get ported out to other communities.

Duration

33 seconds

Views

48

Timestamp in Movie

00:24:14

Uploaded

May 26, 2025

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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...