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DESCRIPTION:Sundance-acclaimed documentary Coded Bias, directed by Shalini Kantayya, 
 opens with computer scientist Joy Buolamwini describing her excitement in 
 working inside MIT's Media Lab and having the opportunity to experiment 
 with facial-recognition technology.  In particular, she was looking for 
 ways it might inspire users.  One idea she had was to install the 
 technology into a mirror, enabling it to reshape a reflected image back to 
 the viewer.\n\nHowever, when Ms. Buolamwini began working with the 
 software, she found it didn't work well.  The software wasn't detecting her 
 face in the computer's camera.  After running dozens of experiments with 
 different images, Joy hit upon the idea of placing a white mask over her 
 face.  As a Black woman, she found that her skin color was not being 
 recognized by the software. Moreover, the technology didn't track women's 
 faces in general, no matter what skin-tone.\n\nAs programmed by primarily 
 white, male, computer scientists, artificial intelligence technology has 
 been embedded with the bias of its programmers.\n\n"Coded Bias serves as 
 both a wake-up call to invasive practices the public doesn't yet realize 
 are being implemented, and a call to action" -Valerie Complex, 
 Variety\n\nStream Coded Bias on Netflix, or free with link March 18-27. 
 Register at diversityfilmseries.org \n\nThen, join us for what promises to 
 be a riveting discussion with Matt Cagle, Technology and Civil Liberties 
 Attorney at the ACLU, as we learn about current uses of AI - and what we 
 can do as informed citizens to protect our privacy and civil rights in a 
 world that is reliant on Artificial Intelligence. He will speak and answers 
 questions from 5-6 PM on Thursday, March 24, on Zoom. Register at 
 diversityfilmseries.org \n\nFREE; rsvp and get free link to Q & A post film 
 discussion at website http://diversityfilmseries.org \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/03/15/18848676.php
SUMMARY:'Coded Bias' a diversityfilmseries documentary
LOCATION:Zoom from your own home
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/03/15/18848676.php
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