Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition Systems, Gender Bias, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, Racial Bias
Author: Shalini Kantayya
Publisher: N/A
Publication Year: 2020
Summary: The following film describes how modern society sits at the intersection of 2 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 many facial recognition technologies do not accurately detect darker-skinned faces or classify the faces of women, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. As it turns out, artificial intelligence is not neutral, and women are leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected.