The Future of Fairness: AI Bias & Ethics with SMPTE President Renard T. Jenkins

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Curious Refuge Podcast! Our guest today is one of the most accomplished people we’ve ever had the pleasure of chatting with on the podcast. Renard T. Jenkins is a senior executive in Hollywood and the current president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (also known as SMPTE ) and on the board of the Hollywood Professional Association.
Renard has two Emmy’s and a Peabody among other awards. The Television Academy awarded him the innovator of the Year award for 2017.
Renard has worked in various leadership capacities around the industry ranging from Senior Vice president of Integration & Creative technology series at Warner Brothers all the way to VP of operations, engineering, and distribution at PBS. He also holds degrees and certifications in various executive and technological fields from schools like MIT, UC Berkley, Cornell, & Florida State.
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[@TheoreticallyMedia]

Can't wait to dig into this! Love Renard! I've got a short road trip coming up this weekend, so I'm saving this convo to keep me company in the car!

[@curiousrefuge]

Yes he is so cool. Hope the road trip is fun. Going to somewhere relaxing? I feel like I’m overdue for a trip to the wood. :)

[@jollysquidmedia]

Very good podcast. People like to generalize and scream when any new technology comes out. Thought patterns driven by fear never amount to any good. The problem is the generalization.
An example: A lot of ethnic groups and races keep struggling everyday to fight the bias they face (which has also been transferred to AI because of available data) Yet, instead of getting active and inputting data to change the bias, some are already projecting a bias toward AI reducing it to just generating images and videos. If people would educate themselves to understand that AI is more than just generating images and videos, then they will have a more open mindset.
There are medical breakthroughs saving lives due to AI

[@curiousrefuge]

Well said!

[@jxboba]

So interesting , thanks. What is the Photoshop video that Renard is referencing?

[@curiousrefuge]

We'll check....one moment!

[@bingobongo9340]

He might have a lot of degrees, but can he change his smoke detector battery? 😊

[@curiousrefuge]

😊

[@veejaytsunamix]

As an author/producer not being able to generate a rape scene makes it impossible to tell a cautionary tale...

[@curiousrefuge]

The issues here primarily lie with the explicit imagery that will need better controls before being available to the public to use.