Bias in AI: A Personal Journey

This chapter chronicles an individual's path from inspiration by early robotics to her career in AI and robotics at MIT. It examines the biases in facial recognition technology, particularly how it fails to recognize diverse human features, shedding light on the racial and gender disparities in AI training data. Additionally, it highlights the impact of the 'Gender Shades' paper and the broader societal implications, linking these concerns to movements for racial justice.