Showing posts with label Joy Buolamwini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joy Buolamwini. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Comply to Fly? How Airport Travelers Experience TSA’s Facial Recognition Experiment; Algorithmic Justice League, July 29, 2025

Algorithmic Justice League; Comply to Fly? How Airport Travelers Experience TSA’s Facial Recognition Experiment

"TSA is expanding its facial recognition program to airports across the United States, yet little information is known about how travelers are experiencing the program. The Algorithmic Justice League launched the TSA Scorecard to conduct the first comprehensive study based on travelers' experiences with airport face scans, and the results are ready to share!

“Comply to Fly? How Airport Travelers Experience TSA’s Facial Recognition Experiment” by Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Sushma Raman, and Andrea Dean gives the traveling public, policymakers, and agency officials missing insights on the real-world impact of facial recognition technologies in US airports. Two years of real traveler feedback on TSA’s facial recognition experiment revealed concerning gaps in the program’s transparency, travelers’ ability to consent, and the treatment of travelers by TSA agents. Key takeaways: 🔍 Many travelers across 91 US airports experience the TSA Facial Recognition Program as mandatory, even though it’s presented by agency officials as voluntary. 🔍 Informed Consent is not consistently achieved by the TSA Facial Recognition Program - many travelers are not informed they can opt out and/or given the opportunity to do so. 🔍 Some travelers face verbal abuse, hostile body language, increased scrutiny, and other injuries to dignity and respect when attempting to opt out. Download the full report to learn more ➡️ www.ajl.org/flyreport "

Monday, December 4, 2023

Unmasking AI's Racism And Sexism; NPR, Fresh Air, November 28, 2023

 NPR, Fresh Air; Unmasking AI's Racism And Sexism

"Computer scientist and AI expert Joy Buolamwini warns that facial recognition technology is riddled with the biases of its creators. She is the author of Unmasking AI and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League. She coined the term "coded gaze," a cousin to the "white gaze" or "male gaze." She says, "This is ... about who has the power to shape technology and whose preferences and priorities are baked in — as well as also, sometimes, whose prejudices are baked in.""

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Buolamwini: Optimistic About Using Ethical AI Systems; Bloomberg, June 27, 2023

Bloomberg; Buolamwini: Optimistic About Using Ethical AI Systems

"Algorithmic Justice League founder and MIT AI Researcher Joy Buolamwini recently sat down with President Biden in a closed door meeting about AI. She joins Ed Ludlow to discuss her meeting and the rise of the AI hype, what the tech industry is getting right and wrong, and the need for AI regulation."