How AI Can End Bias

Harmful human bias--both intentional and unconscious--can be avoided with the help of artificial intelligence, but only if we teach it to play fair and constantly question the results. We humans make sense of the world by looking for patterns, filtering them through what we think we already know, and making decisions accordingly. When we talk about handing decisions off to artificial intelligence (AI), we expect it to do the same, only better. Machine learning does, in fact, have the potential to be a tremendous force for good. Humans are hindered by both their unconscious assumptions and their simple inability to process huge amounts of information.