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Inclusive Cameras and Objectivity
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The history of camera technology not working for dark skin people until the 1970s, along with the lack of objective and measurable facts, highlights the importance of inclusivity and diversity in fields like technology and education.
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The prestige and success of top universities like MIT and CMU are objectively measurable through factors like student satisfaction and enrollment numbers.
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universities
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The prestige and success of top universities like MIT and CMU are objectively measurable through factors like student satisfaction and enrollment numbers.
ChapterInclusive Cameras and Objectivity
Episode#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Cameras are not objective, they are made based on engineering decisions made by human beings who have a certain privilege that favors certain physics over others.
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Racism
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Cameras are not objective, they are made based on engineering decisions made by human beings who have a certain privilege that favors certain physics over others. Prioritizing the spectrum of light that works best for light skin, cameras didn't work well for dark skin people until the 1970s.