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Coded Bias

There was just this stark symbol where in front ofa Chinese government office,...

There was just this stark symbol where in front of
a Chinese government office, {\an1}pro-democracy protestors
spray painted the lens {\an1}of the CCTV cameras black

Full Transcript

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There was just this stark symbol
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where in front of a Chinese government office,
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{\an1}pro-democracy protestors spray painted the lens
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{\an1}of the CCTV cameras black.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:45
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...
{\an8}This act showed the people of Hong Kong - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an8}This act showed the people of Hong Kong
{\an7}- [indistinct speech] - Coded Bias 00:17
{\an7}- [indistinct speech]
{\an1}- When you see how facial recognition is being deployed - Coded Bias 00:12
{\an1}- When you see how facial recognition is being deploye...
[bird squawking] - Coded Bias 00:08
[bird squawking]
{\an1}has their face in a facial recognition network - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an1}has their face in a facial recognition network
{\an1}And without safeguards, - Coded Bias 00:12
{\an1}And without safeguards,
People look at what's going on in China - Coded Bias 00:19
People look at what's going on in China
{\an7}AI is being developed along two very, very different tracks. - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an7}AI is being developed along two very, very different t...
{\an1}If a Chinese citizen wants to get Internet service, - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an1}If a Chinese citizen wants to get Internet service,
[cell phone chimes] - Coded Bias 00:08
[cell phone chimes]
Conversely, in the United States, - Coded Bias 00:20
Conversely, in the United States,
[indistinct chatter] - Coded Bias 00:15
[indistinct chatter]
{\an1}- Here at Atlantic Towers, if you do something - Coded Bias 00:11
{\an1}- Here at Atlantic Towers, if you do something
They'll circle you and put your apartment number - Coded Bias 00:07
They'll circle you and put your apartment number
Something about it just doesn't seem right, - Coded Bias 00:07
Something about it just doesn't seem right,
The landlord filed an application last year - Coded Bias 00:11
The landlord filed an application last year
{\an7}- We thought that they wanted to take the key fobs out - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an7}- We thought that they wanted to take the key fobs out
{\an8}I didn't find out until way later on, literally, - Coded Bias 00:10
{\an8}I didn't find out until way later on, literally,
{\an1}- There's this old saw in science fiction - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}- There's this old saw in science fiction
{\an8}It's just not evenly distributed, - Coded Bias 00:33
{\an8}It's just not evenly distributed,