Joy Buolamwini - Poet of Code

Gender Shades Research

According to Buolamwini, what are some of the issues that could result from algorithimic bias in facial recognition systems?

Gender Shades Reading Questions

Gender Shades Questions

1. What does Buolamwini note about the common data sets used to test the facial recognition programs included in her study. Who’s faces are included in one of these sets, and why?

2. What type of facial data set does Buolamwini construct in order to test these different algorithms? Who’s faces are included in this set, and what was her reasoning?

3. Why did Buolamwini use the South Africa data as a sample or control group in her study?

4. What does Buolamwini note about threshold values and False Positives?

5. What were some of the study’s conclusions? What are some of the changes that Buolamwini believe are critical in order to make these algorithms more transparent and accurate?