[ETHNICALLY] SPEAKING

#18: The Death Of Cinema, Our Right To Privacy, Racist Machines & Worst Excuses

Episode Summary

Waving goodbye to the big screen, personal privacy, impartial artificial intelligence & undesirable people or places.

Episode Notes

The ladies discuss if rising ticket prices, streaming services and COVID-19 have killed the cinema as we know it, whether celebrities and public figures give up their right to privacy when choosing a life in the public eye, why artificial intelligence (AI) has developed a racial bias and what we can do about it, and the worst excuses they’ve given to avoid work and unwanted advances from men.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 

https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es018

(Website – Show notes)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-47336214

(Video – Netflix: Is streaming killing the cinema industry? – BBC)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/285783/cinema-ticket-prices-average-annual-price-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/

(Website – Average annual cinema ticket price in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2019 (in GBP) – Joseph Johnson)

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/12/the-future-of-film-can-cinema-survive-covid-19

(Article – The future of film: can cinema survive Covid-19? – Wendy Ide for The Guardian)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54349538

(Article – UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned women – Maryam Ahmed for BBC News)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/12/ai-end-uk-use-racially-biased-algorithms-noel-sharkey

(Article – AI expert calls for end to UK use of ‘racially biased’ algorithms – Henry McDonald for The Guardian)

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/18/21121286/algorithms-bias-discrimination-facial-recognition-transparency

(Article – Why algorithms can be racist and sexist – Rebecca Heilweil for Vox)

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/01/race-problem-artificial-intelligence-machines-learning-racist-12478025/

(Article – The race problem with Artificial Intelligence: ‘Machines are learning to be racist’ – Natalie Morris for Metro)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224

(Documentary – The Social Dilemma – Netflix)

https://www.businessinsider.com/funny-excuses-people-have-used-to-call-in-sick-2015-10?r=US&IR=T

(Article – The 19 most ridiculous excuses people have used to call in sick – Jacquelyn Smith and Erin McDowell for Business Insider)

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