Word of the Week: Representation

Published October 11, 2019 3:00am ET



The “Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has partnered with Walt Disney Studios to deploy a new digital tool that uses AI technology to assess film and television scripts for gender bias,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

So, what’s the plan here? A censor-bot: “Named ‘GD-IQ: Spellcheck for Bias,’ the new tool leverages patented machine learning technology … to rapidly analyze the text of a script to determine its number of male and female characters and whether they are representative of the real population at large. The technology also can discern the numbers of characters who are people of color, LGBTQI, possess disabilities or belong to other groups typically underrepresented and failed by Hollywood storytelling.”

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