Coded Bias
pbs.org ↗Coded Bias, directed by Shalini Kantayya (2020).
For anyone who wants to see what automated decisions do to real people, without a technical background.
Why it’s listed
Follows MIT Media Lab computer scientist Joy Buolamwini and the watchdog groups exposing discrimination built into algorithms.
Listed because it puts faces to the harms of surveillance tech; it aired on PBS Independent Lens in March 20211 and has its own site from 7th Empire Media2.
The trade-off
A 2020 film, so it predates generative AI; the facial recognition story still holds.
Price
Listed on Netflix and Apple TV in search results; free availability on PBS not verified today.
