DataKind Ethics Committee would like to invite our volunteers to a virtual Netflix screening and a panel-led discussion of the award-winning documentary Coded Bias. We will discuss the key societal issues surrounding the potential impact of AI technologies on human rights and liberty.

The documentary "Coded Bias" is on Netflix. Unfortunately, we don't have a way to access the film if you don't have a Netflix account at this time.

We will watch the film together on 27 April at 5.30pm, and there will be a dedicated Slack channel for a live discussion and commentary during the movie. It will hopefully feel like we are watching it together! However, if you are unavailable for that time, please feel free to watch the documentary in your own time and join the Q&A panel only.

The discussion and Q&A will take place via Zoom on 27 April at 7.15pm. The panel will include:

Moderator: Michelle Seng Ah Lee, PhD student on algorithmic fairness

Panelists:

Ivana Bartoletti, privacy law expert at Deloitte and currently a visiting fellow at Oxford Digital Ethics Lab

Francine Bennett , board member at Ada Lovelace and co-founder of DataKind UK

"Coded Bias" Synopsis:

Modern society sits at the intersection of two crucial questions: What does it mean when artificial intelligence 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, artificial intelligence is not neutral, and women are leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected. Coded Bias premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and follows researchers and advocates as they explore how algorithms encode and propagate bias.

Original language: English. Running time: 90 minutes. Watch the official trailer.