AI Ethics Saying That AI Should Be Especially Deployed When Human Biases Are Aplenty

Trying to overcome human untoward biases by replacing with AI is not as straightforward as it might ... [ ] seem. Humans have got to know their limitations. You might recall the akin famous line about knowing our limitations as grittily uttered by the character Dirty Harry in the 1973 movie entitled Magnum Force (per the spoken words of actor Clint Eastwood in his memorable role as Inspector Harry Callahan). The overall notion is that sometimes we tend to overlook our own limits and get ourselves into hot water accordingly. Whether due to hubris, being egocentric, or simply blind to our own capabilities, the precept of being aware of and taking into explicit account our proclivities and shortcomings is abundantly sensible and helpful. Let's add a new twist to the sage piece of advice. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has got to know its limitations. What do I mean by that variant of the venerated catchphrase? Turns out that the initial rush to get modern-day AI into use as a hopeful solver of the world's problems has become sullied and altogether muddied by the realization that today's AI does have some rather severe limitations. We went from the uplifting headlines of AI For Good and have increasingly found ourselves mired in AI For Bad. You see, many AI systems have been developed and fielded with all sorts of untoward racial and gender biases, and a myriad of other such appalling inequities.