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Coded Bias

Our ideas abouttechnology and society {\an1}that we think are normal are actually...

Our ideas about
technology and society {\an1}that we think are normal are actually ideas
that come from {\an1}a very small and homogeneous
group of people

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Our ideas about technology and society
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{\an1}that we think are normal
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are actually ideas that come from
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{\an1}a very small and homogeneous group of people.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:24
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}But the problem is that - Coded Bias 00:10
{\an1}But the problem is that
[dramatic music] - Coded Bias 00:12
[dramatic music]
{\an1}After I had the experience of putting on a white mask - Coded Bias 00:12
{\an1}After I had the experience of putting on a white mask
{\an1}It turned out these algorithms performed better - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}It turned out these algorithms performed better
{\an7}They performed significantly - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an7}They performed significantly
{\an1}If you're thinking about data in artificial intelligence, - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an1}If you're thinking about data in artificial intel...
{\an1}Data's what we're using to teach machines - Coded Bias 00:12
{\an1}Data's what we're using to teach machines
{\an1}When you think of AI, - Coded Bias 00:13
{\an1}When you think of AI,
[light tense music] - Coded Bias 00:09
[light tense music]
I started to think this kind of technology - Coded Bias 00:44
I started to think this kind of technology
[bell rings] - Coded Bias 00:08
[bell rings]
{\an1}I was excited to know that there was somebody else - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an1}I was excited to know that there was somebody else
These algorithms can be destructive - Coded Bias 00:06
These algorithms can be destructive
{\an8}I started realizing that mathematics was actually - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an8}I started realizing that mathematics was actually
{\an8}[quirky music] - Coded Bias 00:15
{\an8}[quirky music]
{\an1}or whatever you wanna call it, algorithms... is power, - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}or whatever you wanna call it, algorithms... is power,
{\an1}The people who own the code then deploy it on other people, - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an1}The people who own the code then deploy it on other pe...
{\an1}There's no way for people - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an1}There's no way for people
{\an1}They're not being told what's happening to them, - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}They're not being told what's happening to t...
{\an1}[indistinct chatter] - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}[indistinct chatter]