GBH Programmers Choice: What To Watch In March
Every month, the duo that puts together GBH s programming schedule offers up insights into the best programs on GBH in the coming weeks. Read on to see what Ron Bachman, Senior Director of Programming, and Devin Karambelas, Programming Manager, have to offer this month.
Independent Lens: Coded Bias
Monday, March 22 at 10pm on GBH 2
In London, police are piloting the use of facial recognition technology. Hangzhou, China is quickly becoming a model for city-wide surveillance. Artificial intelligence has already permeated every facet of public and private life â automating decisions about who gets hired, who gets health insurance, and how long a prison term should be. However, as MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers, most facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces or women with accuracy, leading to the harrowing realization that the very algorithms intended to avoid prejudice are only as unbiased as the human