Algorithms
Automating decisions, by definition, takes humans out of the equation. With that comes the risk that ethics are removed as well. Artificial intelligence (AI) is prone to dehumanising effects: automated trading chasing the highest returns ignores social impacts, such as devastating the livelihoods of small farmers; racial biases in facial recognition software can lead to false convictions; CV screening by computers may result in discriminatory hiring; and predictive policing is vulnerable to racist profiling. And then we see Google firing the co-lead of their AI ethics team, Timnit Gebru, for being critical. Big Tech needs to start taking accountability.
— Wayne Visser
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