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Coded Bias

♪ ♪ {\an1}If you're thinking aboutwho's funding research in AI, they're these largetech...

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪ {\an1}If you're thinking about
who's funding research in AI, they're these large
tech companies, {\an1}and so if you do work
that challenges them {\an1}or makes them look bad, you might not have
opportunities in the future

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{\an1}If you're thinking about who's funding research in AI,
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they're these large tech companies,
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{\an1}and so if you do work that challenges them
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{\an1}or makes them look bad,
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you might not have opportunities in the future.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:40
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...
So for me, it was disconcerting, - Coded Bias 00:12
So for me, it was disconcerting,
- When I was 14, I went to a math camp - Coded Bias 00:19
- When I was 14, I went to a math camp
{\an1}Like, I remember being told - Coded Bias 00:23
{\an1}Like, I remember being told
{\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