Gender Shades

Black Panther Face Scorecard

February 2018 Results

The Gender Shades research used 1270 faces to reveal IBM, Miscrosoft, and Face++ were better at guessing the gender of male faces than female faces and especially struggled on darker female faces.

The release of the Black Panther movie which centers a cast of dark-skinned men and women provided an opportunity to see how well Artificial Intelligence software from IBM, Face++, Microsoft, Kairos, and Clarifai detected the faces and predicted the age, gender, and race of the main characters of the movie on opening week.

While 9 images are not enough to draw scientific conclusions, we hope the results encourage more research on using artificial intelligence for facial analysis across a range of human traits. View Results Below.

OKOYE
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 39, Female, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 6/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 35-44 Male N/A 2 / 3
Face++ Yes 32 Female Asian 2 / 4
MSFT Yes 29 Female N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai No N/A N/A N/A 0 / 4
Kairos No N/A N/A N/A 0 / 4
RAMONDA
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 59, Female, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 12/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 18-24 Female N/A 2 / 3
Face++ Yes 45 Male Black 2 / 4
MSFT Yes 29.9 Female N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai Yes 27 Female Black 3 / 4
Kairos Yes 33 Female Black 3 / 4
NAKIA
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 34, Female, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 12/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 18-24 Female N/A 2 / 3
Face++ Yes 26 Female White 2 / 4
MSFT Yes 25.4 Female N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai Yes 24 Female Black 3 / 4
Kairos Yes 28 Female Black 3 / 4

BLACK PANTHER
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 40, Male, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 15/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 35-44 Male N/A 3 / 3
Face++ Yes 43 Male Black 3 / 4
MSFT Yes 31.3 Male N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai Yes 38 Male Black 4 / 4
Kairos Yes 31 Male Black 3 / 4
SHURI
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 24, Female, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 13/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 18-24 Female N/A 3 / 3
Face++ Yes 19 Male Black 2 / 4
MSFT Yes 19.8 Female N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai Yes 24 Female Black 4 / 4
Kairos Yes 29 Male Black 2 / 4
KILLMONGER
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 30, Male, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 15/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 35-44 Male N/A 2 / 3
Face++ Yes 41 Male Black 3 / 4
MSFT Yes 32 Male N/A 3 / 3
Clarifai Yes 39 Male Black 3 / 4
Kairos Yes 32 Male Black 4 / 4
ZURI
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 56, Male, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 15/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 55-64 Male N/A 3 / 3
Face++ Yes 56 Male Black 4 / 4
MSFT Yes 46.5 Male N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai Yes 45 Male Black 3 / 4
Kairos Yes 43 Male Black 3 / 4
W'KABI
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 28, Male, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 13/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 35-44 Male N/A 2 / 3
Face++ Yes 52 Male Black 3 / 4
MSFT Yes 33.4 Male N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai Yes 39 Male Black 3 / 4
Kairos Yes 32 Male Black 3 / 4
M’BAKU
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DEMOGRAPHICS: 27, Male, Wakandan

TOTAL SCORE: 15/18

AI Detected Age Gender Race Score
IBM Yes 35-44 Male N/A 3 / 3
Face++ Yes 43 Male Black 4 / 4
MSFT Yes 32.7 Male N/A 2 / 3
Clarifai Yes 39 Male Black 3 / 4
Kairos Yes 35 Male Black 3 / 4

*Age is considered correct if the prediction is within 2 years of age of actor in photo