logo
episode-header-image
Jul 2025
1h 2m

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Design Matters Media
About this episode

Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist and a poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She joins to discuss her career as the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, her best-selling book Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines, and her featured role in the acclaimed Netflix documentary Coded Bias.

Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Yesterday
Cy Gavin
Cy Gavin is a painter whose work resists easy categorization, moving between figuration and abstraction, landscape and memory, and exploring perception through material, atmosphere, and inquiry. In this live conversation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he joins to discuss his ... Show More
48m 55s
Apr 13
Pum Lefebure
Pum Lefebure is the co-founder and chief creative officer of Design Army, an internationally acclaimed design studio known for blending art, commerce, and cultural storytelling into visually striking, strategically driven work. She joins to reflect on her journey from a shy, art- ... Show More
1h 4m
Apr 6
Santiago Carrasquilla
Santiago Carrasquilla is a Colombian-born director, designer, and founder of Art Camp, a multidisciplinary creative studio known for blending hand-drawn illustration, 3D animation, live action, and emerging technology to create work rooted in human emotion. He joins to discuss hi ... Show More
55m 30s
Recommended Episodes
May 2024
Dr. Joy Buolamwini on Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines
In this episode, Brené and Dr. Joy discuss fighting bias in algorithms, Gender Shades - the accuracy of AI powered gender classification products, and her amazing perspective on technology as a poet, artist, and scientist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co ... Show More
1h 25m
Sep 2025
What will the future of art look like? A visual effects artist and a curator answer | Rob Bredow and Nora Atkinson
How will AI and new technology change art? Visual effects artist Rob Bredow, known for his work on Star Wars, and curator Nora Atkinson, who brought Burning Man to the Smithsonian, dive deep into the future of creativity, trading behind-the-scenes stories that show how to blend s ... Show More
26m 42s
Sep 2025
Beyond the Talk: Salome Agbaroji and Samora Pinderhughes on the intersection of art and AI
In a conversation about the intersection of art and AI, spoken word poet Salome Agbaroji and musician Samora Pinderhughes sit down with Elise Hu, host of TED Talks Daily, to talk about their practices, the importance of community art programs and the impact of technology on human ... Show More
39m 33s
Sep 2025
What will the future of art look like? A visual effects artist and a curator answer | Rob Bredow and Nora Atkinson
How will AI and new technology change art? Visual effects artist Rob Bredow, known for his work on Star Wars, and curator Nora Atkinson, who brought Burning Man to the Smithsonian, dive deep into the future of creativity, trading behind-the-scenes stories that show how to blend s ... Show More
26m 42s
Mar 2024
ENCORE: Digital dilemma: Does AI help or harm the creative community?
It can write emails, essays and even songs. It has created award-winning pieces of art, and it can take simple text prompts and generate eerily life-like videos. That’s right—we’re talking about artificial intelligence. Generative AI programs such as ChatGPT, Sora and Midjourney ... Show More
40m 13s
Jul 2025
#215 Charles Hoskinson - Cardano Founder on the Secret DARPA AI Project That Became Siri
Charles Hoskinson is the CEO and Founder of Input Output Global (IOHK), the company behind the Cardano blockchain, a proof-of-stake platform hosting the ADA cryptocurrency. A mathematician by training, Hoskinson co-founded Ethereum in 2013. He launched IOHK with Jeremy Wood in 20 ... Show More
5h 4m
Oct 2024
How artificial intelligence can help to keep us safe
Growing up in the last years of the Cold War motivated Gabriele Jacobs to enter academia and play her part in building peaceful societies. Jacobs works at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where she researches the role artificial intelligence (AI) can play in publi ... Show More
30m 44s
Jul 2025
What are LLMs? What is AGI? - Dr. Joe Tekli, Professor in Computer Engineering and AI #LLM #AI #AGI
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Dr. Joe Tekli, ranked among the Top 2% of researchers worldwide. Dr. Tekli is one of the MENA region’s most influential figures in Artificial Intelligence, with a PhD in Semantic Web and a global footprint in AI research, teaching, and r ... Show More
1h 13m