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Coded Bias

I wanted to learnhow to make cool technology, so I came to MIT, and I was workingon art...

I wanted to learn
how to make cool technology, so I came to MIT, and I was working
on art projects that would use
computer vision technology

Full Transcript

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I wanted to learn how to make cool technology,
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so I came to MIT,
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and I was working on art projects
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that would use computer vision technology.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:09
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}You read science fiction, and you try to build - Coded Bias 00:10
{\an1}You read science fiction, and you try to build
{\an8}It could put things like a lion on my face - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an8}It could put things like a lion on my face
{\an1}I put a camera on top of it, - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an1}I put a camera on top of it,
My issue was it didn't work that well - Coded Bias 00:08
My issue was it didn't work that well
{\an1}I take off the white mask, not so much. - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}I take off the white mask, not so much.
{\an1}Is it because of the angle - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}Is it because of the angle
{\an7}So for example, if I want a machine to see a face, - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an7}So for example, if I want a machine to see a face,
{\an8}I started looking at the data sets themselves, - Coded Bias 00:16
{\an8}I started looking at the data sets themselves,
{\an1}- The 9000 Series is the most reliable computer ever made. - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}- The 9000 Series is the most reliable computer ever m...
No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake - Coded Bias 00:06
No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake
{\an1}- A lot of our ideas about AI come from science fiction. - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}- A lot of our ideas about AI come from science fictio...
{\an1}It's "The Terminator." - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}It's "The Terminator."
{\an1}- It's Commander Data from "Star Trek." - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}- It's Commander Data from "Star Trek."
{\an1}- It's C-3PO from "Star Wars." - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}- It's C-3PO from "Star Wars."
- It is the robots that take over the world - Coded Bias 00:10
- It is the robots that take over the world
{\an7}What we actually have is we have narrow AI, - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an7}What we actually have is we have narrow AI,
{\an7}We've imbued computers with all of this magical thinking. - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an7}We've imbued computers with all of this magical t...
{\an8}[soft bright music] - Coded Bias 00:20
{\an8}[soft bright music]
{\an1}The people who were at the Dartmouth math department - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an1}The people who were at the Dartmouth math department
{\an1}- In the final hour-long chess match between man and machine, - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}- In the final hour-long chess match between man and m...