Biography

Joy Buolamwini is a poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League to create a world with more equitable and accountable technology. Her TED Featured Talk on algorithmic bias has over 1 million views. Her MIT thesis methodology uncovered large racial and gender bias in AI services from companies like Microsoft, IBM, and Amazon. Her research has been covered in over 40 countries, and as a renowned international speaker, she has championed the need for algorithmic justice at the World Economic Forum and the United Nations. She serves on the Global Tech Panel convened by the vice president of the European Commission to advise world leaders and technology executives on ways to reduce the harms of A.I.

As a creative science communicator, she has written op-eds on the impact of artificial intelligence for publications like TIME and The New York Times. In her quest to tell stories that make daughters of diasporas dream and sons of privilege pause, her spoken word visual audit “AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” shows AI failures on the faces of iconic women like Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and Serena Williams, as well as the Coded Gaze short, have been part of exhibitions ranging from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to the Barbican Centre, UK. A Rhodes Scholar and Fulbright Fellow, Joy has been named to notable lists, including Bloomberg 50, Tech Review 35 under 35, BBC 100 Women, Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech (youngest), and Forbes 30 under 30. She holds two masters degrees from Oxford University and MIT; and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. A former pole vaulter, she still holds sentimental Olympic aspirations. Fortune Magazine named her to their 2019 list of the world’s greatest leaders, describing her as “the conscience of the A.I. Revolution.”

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Bias in A.I. For Women & People of Color | Speaker Spotlight: Joy Buolamwini

Race, Technology, and Algorithmic Bias | Vision & Justice || Radcliffe Institute

Gender Shades

The Coded Gaze: Bias in Artificial Intelligence | Equality Summit

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Unmasking AI: Protecting What Is Human in a World of Machines

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Algorithmic Justice

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AI Ethics

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Bias in Artificial Intelligence

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Responsible and Ethical AI

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Facial Recognition Technology

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Art and Artificial Intelligence

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Women in STEM

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Diversity and Inclusion in STEM

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Booksby Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines

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