Episode 140: Why Silicon Valley is doomed to misunderstand the future, with Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Dr. Joy Buolamwini puts on a white mask in order to be seen by a facial recognition algorithm, in the documentary Coded Bias.

Silicon Valley markets itself as the place where futures are born, and yet tech corporations have no real understanding of where our civilizations are headed. We are wrapping up our Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction series with some final thoughts on why this might be. Then we talk to AI developer and ethicist-activist Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League and author of a new book called Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines.

Notes, Citations, & Etc.

Dr. Joy Buolamwini’s website

Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

Coded Bias, dir. Shalini Kantayya