Coded Bias

Year: 2020
Description: Highlights the data scientists, mathematicians, and activists—many of them women or members of the LGBTQ community—documenting and working to confront bias in artificial intelligence systems with a focus on MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini, who first drew attention to the ways people of color and women are misclassified by facial recognition software and has advocated for legislation to address discrimination in these broadly used technologies.
Director: Kantayya, Shalini
Producer: Kantayya, Shalini
Cinematographer: Acevedo, Steve
Editor: Gilwit, Alexandra; Kantayya, Shalini; Ludescher, Zachary
Production Team: 7th Empire Media, JustFilms, and Women Make Movies
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Media Format: 1 DVD (86 min.) or 1 streaming video (86 min.)
Type: Color
Updated: 02-17-2023

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