Room 314, Patrick French Black Box
School of Arts and Sciences
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An indigenous woman begins interacting with AI while working in a data centre in the remote Indian province of Jharkhand.
After a divorce, Nehma, a member of the Oraon tribe, returns to her ancestral village with her children. To support her family, she takes an unusual job as a 'data labeler' training AI models to see & distinguish objects, approaching the task with the care of a parent teaching a child. As she works, Nehma uncovers human biases in AI systems, questioning if AI can truly adapt to an indigenous perspective.
Aranya Sahay is an Indian filmmaker based in Mumbai. After studying Direction at FTII, Pune, he worked with Imtiaz Ali and Patrick Graham as an Associate Director & Director’s Assistant. Aranya has directed five short films, including Songs for Babasaheb and Chait, which have screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival, Signs Film Festival, and Jaffna Film Festival. In 2021, his film Saaya was selected as a ‘Film Bazaar Recommends’ project. He was the grant winner at the 'Museum of Imagined Futures' impact fellowship in 2023, from which Humans In The Loop was made.
