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Coded Bias

by Shalini Kantayya
A critical exploration into the way racial and gender discrimination is coded into algorithmic technology.
2020  ·  1h30m  ·  United States
English
About the Film

Modern society sits at the intersection of two crucial questions: What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly governs our liberties? And what are the consequences for the people AI is biased against? When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that most facial-recognition software does not accurately identify darker-skinned faces and the faces of women, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. As it turns out, AI is not neutral, and women are leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected.

Director Shalini Kantayya illuminates our mass misconceptions about AI and emphasizes the urgent need for legislative protection. From facial scanning used for policing and surveillance to automated HR systems that mirror and magnify workplace prejudices, these technologies are created with fundamentally biased building blocks. Emboldened by these remarkable and troubling discoveries, Buolamwini charts a way forward by joining ranks with other concerned experts to form a justice league committed to increasing awareness of the biases that underlie the technology that shapes our lives yet is largely free from legislative and public scrutiny.

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Festivals and Awards
2020
Sundance Film Festival , Official Selection
2020
Hot Docs Film Festival, Official Selection
2020
Full Frame documentary Film Festival, Official Selection
2020
SFFilm Festival , Official Selection
2020
SXSW, Official Selection
2020
Human Rights Watch, Official Selection
In the Press
Review
Democracy Now
Democracy Now
Review
NPR
NPR
Review
Variety
Variety
Review
The Film Stage
The Film Stage
Credits
Editor
Alexandra Gilwit, Zachary Ludescher and Shalini Kantayya
Producer
Shalini Kantayya
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About the Director

Shalini Kantayya

Portrait of Shalini Kantayya
Portrait of Shalini Kantayya

CODED BIAS de la réalisatrice Shalini Kantayya a fait sa première au Festival du film de Sundance 2020. Elle a réalisé la série télévisée National Geographic Breakthrough, produite par Ron Howard, diffusée dans le monde entier en juin 2017. Ses débuts, Catching the Sun, ont été créés au LA Film Festival et ont été nommés New York Times Critics ’Pick. Catching the Sun est sorti dans le monde entier sur Netflix le Jour de la Terre 2016 avec le producteur exécutif Leonardo DiCaprio, et a été nominé pour le prix de l’Association des médias environnementaux du meilleur documentaire. Kantayya est un Fellow TED, un boursier William J. Fulbright et un associé de l’UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

 

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