Coded bias, intersectionality in AI, and computer vision: Founder of the Algorithmic Justice League Joy Buolamwini talks to host Jon Krohn about the impact of exclusion and inclusion in datasets, the need to address intersectionality when identifying racial, age, or gender-based prejudice in machine learning tools, protections for artists and creative practitioners against AI, and the role that AI may have in combating systemic racism.

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In this episode you will learn:
• What coded bias is [06:49]
• The problem with bias in machine learning datasets [18:41]
• The Incoding Movement [42:08]
• About the Pilot Parliaments Benchmark [52:07]
• Ethics and the future of AI [1:20:10]
• The potential for AI to end systemic racism [1:32:59]

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727: Unmasking A.I. Injustice, with Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist and a poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She joins to discuss her career as the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, her best-selling book Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines, and her featured role in the acclaimed Netflix documentary Coded Bias.

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

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