Best Of: AI's Prejudices / UFOs & Gov't Conspiracies

This podcast episode explores the work of Joy Bolamwini, the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, and her research on the biases and prejudices embedded in facial recognition technology. Bolamwini's personal experience with a facial recognition program that failed to detect her face until she put on a white mask led her to uncover significant racial and gender bias in AI services. The podcast also discusses the consequences of this bias, including false arrests and wrongful convictions. The episode further examines the issue of misidentification and misgendering of people with dark skin, emphasizing the need for representative data sets and regulations to prevent AI harms. The episode concludes with a review of Hayao Miyazaki's new film and an upcoming interview with journalist Garrett Graff, who has written a book on UFO sightings and conspiracy theories.