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Seeking Mavis Beacon

I think it's really hardto separate the technologiesfrom its developers, 'cause you're...

I think it's really hard
to separate the technologies
from its developers, 'cause you're starting
from a platform that we know to contain biases and problems
of history, right? Deeply

Full Transcript

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I think it's really hard to separate
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the technologies from its developers,
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'cause you're starting from a platform that we know
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to contain biases and problems of history, right? Deeply.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:55
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
NEON,BelleMoon Productions,Field of Vision

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Movie Summary

Investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.
So, small clusters of mostly white men still - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:10
So, small clusters of mostly white men still
So then, the question for me becomes, "Well, what do we do?" - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:08
So then, the question for me becomes, "Well, what do we...
And then, there's another article - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:09
And then, there's another article
At first, it was like, "Ooh... - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
At first, it was like, "Ooh...
It'd be cool if we could talk to her." - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:13
It'd be cool if we could talk to her."
All right. Look at what you're working with now. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
All right. Look at what you're working with now.
[phone ringing] - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:19
[phone ringing]
I'm working on a project paying homage to "Mavis Beacon." - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:13
I'm working on a project paying homage to "Mavis B...
We figured that you might be somebody - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:09
We figured that you might be somebody
I really hope you call me back. Thank you so much. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
I really hope you call me back. Thank you so much.
[phone ringing] - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:09
[phone ringing]
And we believe that she worked at the perfume counter - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:11
And we believe that she worked at the perfume counter
[woman] I-I have no idea, and I'm so sorry. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:08
[woman] I-I have no idea, and I'm so sorry.
[Olivia] Mavis Beacon, she's, like, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:07
[Olivia] Mavis Beacon, she's, like,
And all of these, like, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
And all of these, like,
...holding your hand and helping you, like, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
...holding your hand and helping you, like,
And so, for her to be the initial - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:13
And so, for her to be the initial
We have "Mavis Beacon," the software, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:14
We have "Mavis Beacon," the software,
It's not going to s-- uh, supersede you, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:10
It's not going to s-- uh, supersede you,
So, in that avatar, it feels to me, again, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:10
So, in that avatar, it feels to me, again,