Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi
Buolamwini, 30, founded the Algorithmic Justice League, an organization that highlights the social implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Buolamini’s MIT thesis methodology researched large racial and gender bias in Al services major technology companies and her research has been covered in 40 countries.
She currently works with government executives in Europe on ways to reduce the harm of AI. “The more I engage with companies and policymakers, the more I am convinced responsible innovation cannot happen if we leave companies to sort themselves out. The age of ‘just trust us’ is over,” she told TIME.
Buolamwini is a Ghanaian-American computer scientist and activist based at the MIT Media Lab.
