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COMIC: How a computer scientist fights bias in algorithms

Panel 4: "You might have a data set that's 75% male faces and over 80% lighter-skin faces. So what it means is the machine is learning a representation of the world that is skewed. But how are we getting such skewed data sets?"

This comic, illustrated by Vreni Stollberger, is inspired by TED Radio Hour's episode Warped Reality.

Joy Buolamwini is a graduate researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who researches algorithmic bias in computer vision systems. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League to create a world with more ethical and inclusive technology.

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