AI's bias problem: Why Humanity Must be Returned to AI

With artificial intelligence advancing at a rapid pace, the importance of safeguarding humans from automated decision-making becomes inevitable. Despite the many benefits AI technology can provide – for instance, AI models can detect breast cancer more accurately than radiologists – we also need to be aware of the potential negative consequences of AI, including deepfakes and nefarious uses of facial recognition. In fact, the regulation of artificial intelligence is emerging as a key disagreement among the world's biggest tech companies. Most recently, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, added to the heated debate with an op-ed, calling for greater regulation of AI technologies. Especially with AI permeating into areas of our lives that used to be based on human decision-making such as healthcare, recruiting, and criminal justice, we need to ensure we're still placing people at the centre of these modern technologies.