Explorando las consecuencias del sorprendente descubrimiento de la investigadora del MIT Media Lab, Joy Buolamwini, de que el reconocimiento facial no ve con precisión los rostros de piel oscura, y su viaje para impulsar la primera legislación en los EE. UU. Para gobernar contra el sesgo en los algoritmos que nos impactan a todos.

New York-based tech company Clearview AI is working to identify and compile the faces of every human being on the planet. The firm claims that its database will serve as a force for good, helping to solve crimes and prevent espionage. But what if Clearview AI’s powerful facial recognition software, that could potentially be used for mass surveillance and profiling, fell into the wrong hands? What if it already has?

A short doc about how faces are perceived: by scientists, by artists, by animals. How do we remember faces so well if we can barely describe them with words? Why do we see them everywhere? What even are they? What is my face?