Bias Out of the Box is a FREE and OPEN two day event exploring answers to “What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly governs our liberties? And what are the consequences for the people AI is biased against?” Full details and registration are available here: https://netizen.org/bias-out-of-the-box/ 

Watch Coded Bias before 2/26

Coded Bias is a documentary that explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini´s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces and women 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. Rent a streaming version of the film here, or check with your librarian about access.

Coded Bias Documentary Discussion: A Conversation with Director and Producer, Shalini Kantayya | Friday, 2/26 at 6:30 pm CT, Zoom (register for link)

Join us for a conversation with Coded Bias director, Shalini Kantayya. Coded Bias, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini´s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces and women 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. 

Algorithmic Activists Panel: A Conversation with Brandi Geurkink + Freddy Martinez | Saturday, 2/27 at 2:00 pm CT, Zoom (register for link)

Join us for a conversation with two individuals on the front lines—breaking algorithmic black boxes open and working with organizations to document algorithms and challenge their integrity. Brandi Geurkink is Senior Campaigner at Mozilla Foundation where she leads Mozilla’s advocacy work on countering disinformation and tech platform accountability. Freddy Martinez is the Director of Lucy Parsons Labs, a collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that operates in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area.