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Pay attention to that man behind the curtain
AI bias and what you can do about it
AI bias doesn’t come from AI algorithms, it comes from people. What does that mean and what can we do about it?
Datasets are only human.
Technology is not free of humans
No technology is free of its creators. Despite our fondest sci-fi wishes, there’s no such thing as ML/AI systems that are truly separate and autonomous… because they start with us.
All technology is an echo of the wishes of whoever built it.
This isn’t just about ML/AI; any technology you’re in danger of seeing as independent is simply the kind whose effect lingers longer after your button press.
No matter how complex its echo, technology always comes from and is designed by people, which means it’s no more objective than we are. This makes the definition of algorithmic bias problematic.
Algorithmic bias refers to situations where a computer system reflects the implicit values of the humans who created it, but doesn’t all technology reflect its creators’ implicit values? And if you think humans can be…
