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The Algorithmic Justice League might not get a Marvel movie anytime soon, but they are the (s)heroes our AI-driven world needs right now. Artificial Intelligence is already inextricable from our daily lives, influencing what we buy (and how much we pay), who we vote for, even whether or not we are stopped by police. After MIT Media Lab’s Joy Buolamwini revealed the racial and gender biases built into facial recognition software, she teamed up with other concerned academics to impact legislation before these algorithms do further damage. Aided by other forward thinkers that include Harvard’s Cathy O’Neil and Silkie Carlo of the UK’s Big Brother Watch, documentarian Shalini Kantayya follows Buolamwini’s quest, along the way demystifying the esoteric material with easily digestible, if chilling, real-world illustrations. Clips from familiar science-fiction movies sprinkled throughout add pop culture levity to the warning that AI’s dystopia is not some distant future to be dreaded. For most of us, it is already here.