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Coded Bias

A day or two after {\an1}the "New York Times" piececame out, {\an1}Amazon wrote a blog...

[siren wailing] A day or two after {\an1}the "New York Times" piece
came out, {\an1}Amazon wrote a blog post {\an1}saying that our research
drew false conclusions {\an1}and trying to discredit it
in various ways

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A day or two after
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{\an1}the "New York Times" piece came out,
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{\an1}Amazon wrote a blog post
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{\an1}saying that our research drew false conclusions
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{\an1}and trying to discredit it in various ways.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:12
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 a VP from Amazon, - Coded Bias 00:23
So a VP from Amazon,
{\an1}like, I remember he wrote, - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}like, I remember he wrote,
{\an1}- I was gonna say... I was, like, - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an1}- I was gonna say... I was, like,
It wasn't a well thought out piece, - Coded Bias 00:09
It wasn't a well thought out piece,
{\an1}- I don't know if you guys feel this way, - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}- I don't know if you guys feel this way,
It's a continuation of the experiences - Coded Bias 00:07
It's a continuation of the experiences
{\an1}Expect your research to be dismissed. - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}Expect your research to be dismissed.
[melancholy music] - Coded Bias 00:24
[melancholy music]
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