MIT 미디어 랩의 연구원 조이 부올람위니가 안면 인식 소프트웨어에서 이상한 점을 발견한다. 왜 흑인 여성의 얼굴은 제대로 인식하지 못하는 것일까. 이 질문에서 출발해 알고리즘 속 편견과 차별을 파헤쳐가는 다큐멘터리.

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?