Programmed discrimination!?

The (Un)Fair Game in the Use of Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence

The Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF), the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (WI), and the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) invite you to a film screening followed by a panel discussion as part of the 2022 Berlin Science Week on 2 November 2022.

The evening will start with a screening of the award-winning and widely acclaimed documentary “Coded Bias” by filmmaker and activist Shalini Kantayya. The film follows the research and activism of computer scientist Joy Buolamwini who uncovered that some algorithms are unable to recognize the faces of People of Color and that programs are only as free of bias as the data they are fed. As a result, Buolamwini, along with other scholars, introduced the first legislative initiative in the U.S. to address biases in algorithms.

The subsequent panel discussion moderated by Marie Kaiser (radioeins) will provide scientific context: Prof. Dr. Helena Mihaljevic (ECDF), Sarah Ciston (HIIG), Sana Ahmad (WI) and Dr. Bianca Herlo (WI) will discuss (potentially) discriminatory algorithms and other dangers of digital technologies.