Jennifer L. Eberhardt - Tackling Perception’s Effects on Behavior with “Biased” | The Daily Show

Dr. Jennifer L. Eberhardt describes how implicit bias can be triggered and why positive depictions of minorities in media aren’t enough to address it.
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[@dsalazarm]

Trevor is such a good interviewer. Clearly she’s brilliant but nervous- and he’s able to bring out her expertise and guides her into showcasing it so smoothly.

[@towoawawaboofficial]

True

[@lionelplange3313]

True dat

[@timsambro]

I like this woman so much, so much!

[@explorernigeria3262]

Good Job Trevor, great the way you make comedy out of serious stuff and they still stay serious. We are doing some funny stuffs of our own, Please show some love?

[@barbtucker1601]

Oh my gosh, thanks for pointing this out. I wouldn't have noticed the extreme change in her affect display if you hadn't mentioned it. They are both brilliant, aren't they!

[@christelheadington1136]

I like this lady, a lot.

[@ntatemohlomi2884]

The lady is likable, a lot.

[@lorrainewhite8080]

This person dr

[@ntatemohlomi2884]

@@lorrainewhite8080 Have listened to a few too many non-sensical PhD people to not put too much into it in public discourses. I like her intelligent delivery with or without the tittle.

[@ntatemohlomi2884]

@Captain Hindsightbiased you say? Guilty as charged, honest humble intelligent interaction gets me every time.

[@elidames6889]

Her type is what society needs. People that are doing serious things, but can laugh and be normal. Everyone is so uptight now, I suppose with good reason. Laughter is better than a few deep breaths

[@LethallxVanity]

Her laugh is AMAZING! I adore her! And wow that was a fascinating interview

[@dontaylor7315]

Really delightful laugh. I think I'm likelier to trust a researcher who laughs like that. Hmmmm is that a bias?

[@EdenCroft]

I agree. She is obviously bright and knowledgeable and able to convey a tricky subject matter in a non-threatening way. But her laugh is what endears me to her the most.

[@Playthellgb42]

@@EdenCroft SHE IS NOT ONLY VERY BRIGHT BUT BEAUTIFUL!!!! A CHOCOLATE DELIGHT!

[@DauphinPourpre]

I love that you interview authors. I've read so many new books because of your interviews. Thank you. Keep it up!

[@TheSMCSS1234]

me too and I am not a reader.

[@The_Green_Queen]

He seems to be the only talk show host who’s always read the guests’ books. Big props to him!

[@dans8195]

In my unbiased opinion this was a good interview

[@karmencummings5463]

lol!!!

[@ntatemohlomi2884]

U must be a socialist Venezuelan anti police radical... Ieftist then.

[@corbeau-_-]

u like the show - biased. He actually messed up the interview by making a joke that put her off. Fun to watch though

[@RUDY4MIRAMAR]

Lol..

[@maryjane2965]

What a lovely and informative Interview between two intelligent and sweet individuals.

[@catherinekibugi1731]

Great interview the laughter from both of them was real and hearty. . Love you Trevor 😘

[@bboooddalfagih8251]

trevor is the reason i still love watching daily show. keep it up trevor!!

[@ccanela28]

Same!

[@louisehastings332]

Really interesting. (She also has the best smile.)

[@TheSMCSS1234]

I agree.

[@roxanneworld11]

surely her students watching this are like: omg, we've never seen her laugh like that! she's always so serious..we're scared!, LoLoL!! but leave it to Trevor, he can make *anyone* laugh out loud. 😁😁😁😁 such a brilliant woman, reminds me of so many professors i've had! all business, we believe - unless we're lucky enough to see them in a spontaneous, 'real-world-person' moment like that. 😃😃

[@nicolaablett7790]

thank you Dr. Jennifer Bias is real and with us

[@dwaynesmythe4934]

Now that's a book worth reading. We all have biases. Every Superior court judge has been biased at some point. I think pretending not to be biased is the largest part of the problem.

[@ameliecarre4783]

I absolutely agree.

[@SiscoTheKiddHollard]

What a wonderfully good humored person!

[@rigah1]

Am I really on KZbin?So much love 😍 on this comment section

[@kamohelomoloi]

The laughter by Jennifer though, Is she blushing? Trevor is really a charma

[@BobaSoda_]

Her laugh is golden, it's so contagious.

[@FF-fd4tm]

She is just so beautiful 💖

[@dontaylor7315]

Fatana Wells you're so right!

[@torbjornlekberg7756]

I remember this, if in a more general context, being an important part of my social psychology studies. Interesting to see it applied.

[@jimaalex2656]

Damnn, never seen a guest have so much fun on set like this lady! Trevor always making his guests have their time! I'm my unknowingly biased opinion, this was a very good segment!!

[@JaceCavacini]

That looked like anxious stress-relief laughter to me. She seemed nervous. I hope she walked away from it without feeling too critical of herself. It’s a nerve wracking situation to be in, when trying to present complex content in sound bite chunks on a comedy show.

[@Marie-mv4fr]

He's such a nice interviewer and also, he always reads the book of his guests! I don't think it's a common thing to do and I find that awesome!

[@proudados7840]

Most extremely intelligent people are very socially awkward. Her laugh made my day. She so nervous dont worry you did great

[@JoshuaOtusanya]

If you’re reading this, you’re gonna have an awesome day today ✊🏿 -Josh Otusanya

[@thesoundsmith]

Superstition destroys accomplishment.

[@antotheja251]

Lies!

[@JoyceNjabiPrice]

watching her laugh made me smile😊

[@scollins8840]

Her laugh made me laugh! Great content.

[@alhassangangu4357]

Infectious laugh, l loved a lot just seeing her laugh.

[@Shietaehyung]

I think this is the only comment section so far I have found where there is not even a single negative comment! !! Love you all so much!

[@paballomodisane3159]

Believe you me, that's the way I'd act around Trevor too.. ☺️☺️Much love from 🇿🇦

[@animoetprudentia2865]

What a treat this was to watch. If this interview is any indication I imagine her book is great read. I'd never heard of her prior to this, but I find her inspiring.

[@DarkLight6Tv]

"What ever you're thinking...NO!" I honestly think that's how it is..like talking to children "Stop it! Bad cop!"

[@RIXRADvidz]

bias is not bad, it's a survival instinct. when bias turns to bigotry, then there's a problem

[@ameliecarre4783]

It's good in most occurences when we have to think fast and be efficient, but it's better that we know we have them when we really take the time to think about a specific issue and make an important decision.

[@LindaMitchell]

Great interview! I love this conversation especially the part absorbing environmental clues to form a bias. This bias is something that people will say they don't harbor but it surfaces in their actions. The doctor laughing at Trevor's joke is so relatable. He's hilarious and I would have done the same.

[@meeluholu]

She is absolutely adorable with this laugh 💚

[@alhassangangu4357]

A very shy Professor! Very very nice person!

[@j.n.sloane]

This is fascinating and important. Trevor is the most amazing interviewer and he wanted to show this brilliant woman in her truest representation. We, as a society, have rooted out the most egregious inequalities and now we have to do the more difficult work of fixing more nuanced bias. Important work for a better society. Thanks for posting this.

[@barbtucker1601]

I am so grateful to you and your team, Trevor. What a painless way to get a bite of news and information that may not make the headlines. You've helped me find so many great books and stories.

[@madtitanmzo]

How many books does Trevor read a week 🤨

[@OjaysReel]

Most of the books on show would probably be sent off season. Outside of Nancy MacLean's book, "Democracy in Chains", most of the books whose authors he's interviewed can be consumed in a day or two.

[@OjaysReel]

This was another fantastic interview with a brilliant guest.

[@vongaimuswinu3692]

Trevor must read a lot of books!!!! Every guest who is on he reads... His dedication is amazing

[@politereminder6284]

Her laughter is so sweet!

[@lepoonmonomotapa4941]

"U see the black person, NO!..." Lmfao 😂😂😂

[@k2skipper]

LOL

[@vekrede]

This interview made me want to read her book and it’s something I will never regret. It also gave me faith in people, purely based on Eberhardt’s personality. She’s such a genuine person trying to help. We need more people like her in this world!

[@TheZombiesoul]

"they can't tell the brothers apart". If I hadn't watch the entire video I would think this was the punchline to a racist joke.

[@thebridge5483]

Give it time the internet will make it so

[@lionelplange3313]

Good job! You’re managing your bias already 👍🏿

[@Orfeus3000]

Wow, cognitive dissonance. The majority of the comments are about her smile or Trevor’s great interview skills. Not the actual subjects bias and how to eliminate innate biases.

[@kevinlawson6188]

They are just so charming and delightful that it does kind of overwhelm your senses. Trevor is smooth, but he feels genuine and she is so present and real and natural...it was all such an astonishing contrast to the canned crap you usually see on TV. Plus they are well, you know, black. And white people love to be able to say, "I like them, I really like them...so I am not biased, Hallelujah!"

[@lisahobbs7060]

Enjoyed this interview! What a smart lady!

[@Ratego]

Very good interview, the Dr is super smart and Trevor remains always quite brilliant!

[@shet0011]

I think she is smitten with Trevor

[@lilone11586]

Lol, I thought the same thing. She thought he was FUN-NY!!!

[@dontaylor7315]

I think I'm smitten with Dr Jennifer.

[@asalsepassi]

Who isn't?

[@belleaerials3047]

Sorry I don't want to dimminish her important work but she's super adorable with her nerdy giggles and all. 🥰

[@lindagnat-mullin8108]

We love you, Dr. Eberhardt! Beautiful work!

[@susanrolstad9338]

Great interview, great guest, great topic... keep up the great work!

[@geniemememe5936]

Thanks. This was a great interview! I listened to it, arrived at my destination, and now I am late, sitting in my truck typing, thank you. 😌

[@geniemememe5936]

Anyone who sees my picture and says black women are always late; careful cause your bias is showing.

[@belescli]

A very good topic. Thank you for this interview.

[@g4do]

She's so lovely

[@FreshyetFilthy]

She really is! She’s so cute ☺️

[@rossmandigo9984]

he gives off such a warm caring aura... you can see how much pleasure he gets from making people laugh!

[@pyronymph-868]

It should be mandatory for police to practice meditation.

[@yancuicrodriguez1913]

I have thought that too

[@chandhinichenthilkannan108]

She is really anxious to be on the show. I can relate to her a lot. I’m sorry for how she feels.

[@markstanley4141]

Joke right? Trust me this is a big step for her career and messages!

[@elizabethhoover4672]

I need to read her book. Right now. This interview and woman are golden.

[@GoodMenstruationAttitude]

Best guest in years. Keep bringing it!

[@JesseS311]

Great interview and man, her smile and laugh is cute as hell

[@hyacinth1320]

Her losing it laughing was amazing.

[@hanskover]

Short correctin: A biased AI doesn't reveal the programmers bias, but the bias of the people who's data the AI learned from.

[@dontaylor7315]

How is the programmer prevented from biasing how the program analyses the data?

[@hanskover]

@@dontaylor7315 I dont know any programmer who´d intentionally make his AI biased. Its an algorythm that learns from humainly solved problems. So for example police officers are shown pictures of subjects and they have to decide wether or not they are guilty. These photos are processed by the algorithm and then the algorithms procession is evaluated from the police officers answers. So the more pictures with solutions the algorithm "sees" the better it gets in self evaluating. But if those humain made evaluations were wrong the algorithm will be wrong too. For example the police officers were biased against people of colour. The effect is an AI biased against people of colour. As those data samples are often collected from people all over the internet (f.e. Googles racist bot.) those AIs dont represent the programmers. Fun fact: You know recaptchas? Those also feed some google algorithms with data.

[@JC_923]

@Tim Tom I don't think you understand the idea of bias. It DOESN'T have to be intentional. Yes, the data is a source of bias but you can't completely rule out the programmer either. Someone without that bias or is at least aware of that bias would recognise the problem in the data. A person with the bias would see nothing wrong with the data.

[@dontaylor7315]

@@hanskover I know next to nothing about recaptchas and it sounds like something I should look up, so thanks. I do know about the profiling research you describe. My question didn't presuppose a scenario so unsubtle as a "programmer who'd intentionally make his AI biased." However I did presuppose that programmers are much like the rest of us in that they don't universally possess such deep self-knowledge that they'd always know whether they're biasing a program or not. Most of us aren't aware of what all our biases are - nor are we aware in every instance whether we're judging or acting, in part, on a bias. I don't know if there are safeguards within the nature of programs themselves that make them less susceptible to being inadvertently skewed by the programmer. That's what my question was aimed at.

[@dontaylor7315]

@@JC_923 Thanks, you stated it more economically and succinctly than I did.

[@BlakieTT]

1:45 Hahaha she just keeps laughing! xD Nice.

[@faithkhatji]

My favorite interview thus far. Yours, without bias.

[@ladonnamaiden8341]

WOW I like you Jennifer L Eberhardt. I just purchased your book. Great information. Thanks Trevor

[@MrDjsmooth87]

The very end alone is so worth the watch👍🏾🤣

[@bkxornam]

She lost it (on a humour level) with that first question from Trevor. She just had a hard time controlling herself hahaha. Trevor is really funny.

[@KaraZiasapiens]

I think the first step is for people to learn what their implicit biases are. There are tests available online, if people wish to take them. Once you know what they are, you can start breaking down WHY you have them, and possibly even dismantle them.

[@ajani7852]

I love this interview!

[@janetsbridgeofsighs8974]

This may sound strange but Trevor is the male Oprah. Oprah gets people to open up and relax. She does great interviews. Trevor is well on his way to doing the same thing.

[@dreboy7688]

Going to read that book. :D

[@lewiswashington1959]

Brilliant interview...

[@erickabuthia3213]

Shucks!!! She's soo sweet!

[@lawrencemaweu]

Awesome interview...

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Hit like if u love this show

[@adtvandietv]

Her laughter goes very deep.

[@sierra1621]

Great laugh, great insight!

[@bhudson39]

Bias stands on the shoulders on linguistic absolutism. It speaks volumes that persons of mixed ethnicity hardly ever get mentioned. It speaks volumes that statistics kept do not record mixed ethnicity. There is a statistical bias when someone 75% white and 25% African is counted as black when they commit a crime.

[@kalisaarnold3655]

there's no comedian like you trevor

[@aditisharma975]

When it comes to AI it's the data which is biased and not the people who program the computers. Programmers just use the data available in the world to train these Artificial Intelligence systems.

[@bluknight6944]

She's super goofy and I love it. Great book too

[@gborowme]

Good book I will get it

[@jamesrobinson2017]

I love their interaction

[@omaneeking6615]

She's beautiful.

[@alejandramd2]

Wonderful interview.

[@bea4406]

"disquassed" ha!

[@k.Norton1873]

Smart and beautiful woman.

[@b2bb]

I honestly didn't think that the overall population's connotation for the definition of 'bias', was synonymous with racism.

[@zintlemvana7955]

Racism is just the first context that jumps to mind

[@jeaniewillard1597]

Don’t think the good doctor was nervous, Trevor is very sweet and seeks to charm the guests he adores.

[@ManfredDudesonVonGuy]

I hate to evangelize for my movement since it makes us look like other less rational movements, but look into scientific skepticism. The Skeptical Movement is based on scientific evidence, understanding the universal cognitive biases we all have, and trying to instill critical thinking skills to combat those biases in everyday life. Our goal is to create a more rational society that values evidence and reason and a consensus of properly done studies.

[@thesoundsmith]

AI Bias - is NOT the fault of the programmer, it is the fault of the ENVIRONMENT, what the AI experiences from the web or other input - which is totally biased...

[@theBear89451]

Yup. Interesting to see Trevor's own bias in his interpretation of the book. Because his world view is that stereotypes are not based in actual patters, he believe people must be making up the stereotypes. In reality, people and AI see patterns in the word. Excessive applications of those patterns in bias. I see Jennifer trying to explain this, but Trevor is so biased, he just doesn't get it.

[@nyembsafric1]

@@theBear89451 he just doesn't know how how it works also...programmers could be biased...does that have an impact? Maybe not

[@kisanetneguse7274]

Trevor I'm glad you brought up Airbnb. Please try to book with cash and when on the form asks which passport type Eritrean, you'll be surprised...then ask me

[@DanAnderson_TheMaddestShredder]

Thank you so much for sharing my brother your the coolest and I love your real deal show. I hate that scumbag that talked shit about you. Mad Respect

[@VashXTrigun]

Sounds like an interesting book and topic. I might buy the book.

[@NellieKAdaba]

I might also buy it.

[@everettbanks7134]

here is the link, it’s 50% off right now for the hardback www.amazon.com/Biased-Uncovering-Hidden-Prejudice-Shapes/dp/0735224935

[@ameliecarre4783]

I'm just really pissed that so many brilliant people like her spend years studying issues and comparing results with their colleagues and come to consensual robust conclusions that broaden the human knowledge and the understanding we have of ourselves, our brains, our society, our world... and then other people in power, politicians, judges, whatever, just take a quick look and go "meh, those elitist intellectuals... what they say doesn't go with the opinion I made by myself based only on my own personal experience, so I'm not going to pay it any mind". And we still get rape trials where the judge anf jury decide the victim didn't say "no, stop" loudly enough, persons with mental disorder treated as crazies or criminals, perpetuation of prejudice...

[@maureennjerin.5552]

This conversation is so tricky. When reading Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, he mentioned a study about people being asked how they would react if they were in a dark alley and 2 white males or 2 black males appeared on the other end. I cannot remember exactly how it was administered. Even the blacks were astonished to find out they too would most likely turn back if they came across the blacks. Sadly I discovered that I would too. Question is, is there a legit basis? Could it be true that a select few have spoilt for the rest? I feel it is possible. Granted I live in Kenya and we are mostly black so race is not a huge deal but I have seen this in other ways.e.g there are places I would not stop to help someone with directions or dare pick my phone or show valuables and there some people who make me turn back or feel unsafe when I see them 😬

[@theBear89451]

Legit yes, moral no.

[@maureennjerin.5552]

@@theBear89451 sadly...

[@GreenOrchid9]

Trevor winning again🦁👏🦁

[@lazyperfectionist1]

I have to say, just carrying your purse _on your arm_ is _never_ a good idea. Sure, it's convenient, but if you want to stave off the purse snatchers, hang it over your shoulder. Like on your left hip but over your right shoulder, or vice versa.

[@warehousethewoodman3908]

A better way to elucidate it is to think of Bias as HIV and Racism as AIDS... Bigotry isn’t racism but can lead to racism...

[@sleesullivan2796]

I’ve thought a lot about “they all look alike” syndrome. I have difficulty recognizing or identifying people I don’t know well. When trying to remember someone I fix onto a trait that seems most outstanding. The lady at church with multicolored hair. The old man with wide ties. If suddenly placed among a group whose differences are not so blatant-say a group of white male military recruits-I need to observe them more closely. Big blue eyes. Dimpled chin. Large ears. The Chinese ladies aren’t usually called upon to recognize black men, especially in a traumatic few moments. I imagine the robbers wouldn’t be able to differentiate their victims. Long-time black and Chinese co-workers would have no trouble recognizing one another.

[@coragoss1498]

😂😂"They can't tell the brothers apart."

[@johndoe3485]

Trevor made her laugh brah 🤣