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The Communications and Digital Media Studies (CDMS) program invites students, faculty and staff from across the university to attend a screening of the documentary Coded Bias on Monday, February 10 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The documentary explores how facial recognition technologies are changing everyday life and bringing with them new threats to privacy and civil rights. At the centre of the film are two questions:

• What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly governs our liberties?
• What are the consequences for the people AI is biased against?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini and other experts featured in the film make the case that AI is not neutral and has the potential to increase harms for some communities. The film documents how some of these researchers and activists are leading the charge to challenge encoded AI biases and protect civil rights.

After the film, Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers will discuss these issues, as well as how AI technologies are affecting Canadians.

Panel members:

• Dr. Andrea Slane, Professor, Legal Studies, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH)
• Dr. Isabel Pedersen, Director, Digital Life Institute, and Professor, CDMS, FSSH
• Dr. Kanika Samuels-Wortley, Canada Research Chair in Systemic Racism, Technology and Criminal Justice, and Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice, FSSH
• Dr. Peter Lewis, Canada Research Chair in Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, and Associate Professor, Computer Science, Faculty of Business and Information and Technology
• Dr. Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen, Assistant Professor, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) Education, Mitch and Leslie Frazer of Faculty of Education 
• Dr. Tanner Mirrlees, Associate Professor, CDMS, FSSH
• Dr. Zenia Kish, Assistant Professor, CDMS, FSSH

Free pizza and drinks will be served.

Register for the free event on .  

This event is sponsored by FSSH.