# How I'm fighting bias in algorithms

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBeaconStreet
- Speaker: Joy Buolamwini
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joy_buolamwini_how_i_m_fighting_bias_in_algorithms)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini was working with facial analysis software when she noticed a problem: the software didn't detect her face -- because the people who coded the algorithm hadn't taught it to identify a broad range of skin tones and facial structures. Now she's on a mission to fight bias in machine learning, a phenomenon she calls the "coded gaze." It's an eye-opening talk about the need for accountability in coding ... as algorithms take over more and more aspects of our lives.

## Lectures

1. [How I'm fighting bias in algorithms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joy_buolamwini_how_i_m_fighting_bias_in_algorithms/e74aa161ad77), 9 min (TED's player)