Three Steps to Make Tech Companies More Equitable

No technology comes into being by accident, and inequalities are baked in from the outset. Algorithmic bias, for example, reflects the biases and prejudices of its creators. Embedded inequity is rearing its ugly head in everything from video doorbells to driverless cars to smart devices to tech in health care and criminal justice. The long-term implications are far-reaching and scary. Big Tech is belatedly waking up to this reality, as seen from the likes of IBM and Amazon announcing that they're pausing facial recognition deployment because it can enhance bias in police surveillance.