Robots are Not Your Friend – Ethics and AI STRATECTA

AI is taking over more and more tasks previously done by humans. For the most part this is a good thing; AI algorithms are very good at handling tedious, repetitive tasks that generally make human workers bored to frustration…and mistakes. However, there is growing evidence that AI is not quite the solution we expected it to be. The theory is that a computer should provide an unbiased "opinion," but there is a body of evidence that proves that AI algorithms actually share the biases of the people who code them. As recently as October 2019, the Washington Post discovered that a leading algorithm that helps healthcare workers determine who needs extra care was dramatically favoring white patients over black.