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The bias built into artificial intelligence, or AI, often goes unnoticed by the end user.
But do a quick search of the internet for images of “CEO” and you will begin to see it when the results you get are overwhelmingly photos of men. Next, try plugging in “cute baby” and you’ll discover an image return displaying hundreds of white children.
This virtual event addresses how bias gets encoded in the algorithms that decide the destinies of millions of people.
The event kicks off with a keynote address by Steven Tiell, leader of Responsible Innovation at Accenture, whose pioneering work in responsible innovation helps clients manage risks brought on by digital transformations and widespread use of artificial intelligence. Tiell has contributed to and published more than a dozen papers that have moved the field forward, including an article on ‘AI and Bias’ for Harvard Business Review. He’s also Nonresident Sr. Fellow at the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center and often speaks on topics such as data ethics, digital risk, and designing for equity and trust.
Following Tiell’s talk, a screening of the film, Coded Bias, will take place. The film explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Baolamwini’s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.
Breaking Down Bias is the first in a series of talks and screenings Discovery Place will host in the coming months as part of a Science on Screen grant from The Coolidge Corner Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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