March 11, 2021
Â鶹´«Ã½ to Host Screening and Panel Discussion Focused on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Update 3/31/2021: Registration has closed but, if you are still interested in viewing Coded Bias or listening to the moderated discussion, please contact the Meetings Department at .
Kansas City, MO (March 11, 2021) – The Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½) announced today that it will host
The documentary Coded Bias follows Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab Researcher, Joy Buolamwini, as she discovers facial recognition technology’s racial bias and pushes for legislation to protect people against bias in algorithms.
At 1:30 PM CT on March 31, 2021, Scott Kosnoff, Partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, will moderate a discussion on the topic of Big Data/Artificial Intelligence. Panelists include the film’s director, Shalini Kantayya; North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread; author of Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil; Birny Birnbaum from the Center for Economic Justice; and Director of Integrated Analytics, Munich RE, Hareem Naveed.
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to advancing innovations but continues to examine the benefits and potential unintended consequences arising from the use of non-insurance consumer data. With the adoption of AI Principles for the insurance industry, the Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to developing regulatory practices that monitor and oversee the industry’s compliance while still promoting pro-consumer innovation.
The special screening of the film Coded Bias and the discussion is one way the Â鶹´«Ã½, and its Innovation & Technology Task Force and Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Working Group can assess information about Artificial Intelligence.
The film screening and panel discussion is open to the public. Space is limited. Registration for the March 31 event and additional information can be found .
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