UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center is pleased to offer Q&A with filmmaker Shalini Kantayya, visionary filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed documentary, Coded Bias. This online event offers a rare chance to connect directly with Kantayya, gaining insights into the making of the film, the challenges of exploring complex themes such as AI bias, and the profound implications for healthcare and society.
Coded Bias 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. Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya´s Coded Bias, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. She directed for the National Geographic television series Breakthrough, Excecutive Produced by Ron Howard, broadcast globally in June 2017. Her debut, Catching the Sun, premiered at the LA Film Festival and was named a NY Times Critick's Pick.
Session will be facilitated by Professor Sonia M. Gipson Rankin, UNM Law School. Rankin's work combines her computer science background with her passion for legal justice. Her work focuses on all things innovation, particularly related to technology, the family, and legal education.
When: Wednesday, March 27, noon-1pm, via Zoom.
Register: https://libcal.health.unm.edu/calendar/events/Coded_Bias
UNM affiliates can watch the film on demand: https://hslic-unm.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1200171382. Both of these events are hosted by HSLIC with support from the UNM HSC DEI office, and in conjunction with celebrating Women’s History Month.