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What are Ethical Algorithms? The Tech documentary “Coded Bias” predicts future possibilities.
Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya investigates advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning in the impactful documentary “Coded Bias.”
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) source human data from various sources, including social media likes and swipes to smartphone texts and photos. Does this mean we can lay claim to frontier technology like AI and demand algorithm equity, equality, and fairness? “Coded Bias” filmmaker Shalini Kantayya dives into the social justice challenges surrounding AI and facial recognition technology with her compelling tech documentary. “Coded Bias” continues to attract advocates since debuting at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It helps that Kantayya has a powerful interview subject explaining algorithmic bias clearly and concisely.
MIT Researcher Joy Buolamwini provides the heart and soul igniting “Coded Bias.” Buolamwini is an artist and technologist best known for investigating facial recognition software that fails to identify dark-skinned individuals. Buolamwini’s research uncovers facial recognition technology using facial examples that lead to a “coded gaze” based on gender and racial bias. Buolamwini also delivers the core concept at the heart of the movie. The idea of frontier tech providing tools for a…
