Removing bias from AI is not all that easy

The origin of the word'bias' has never been quite certain. Linguists reckon that the antecedent of bias is the Old French word'biasi' which meant at an angle or oblique. It came to mean'a one-sided tendency of the mind'. In the old English game of bowls, the ball had asymmetrical weight or bias, which made it roll in a curved line. This is how bias came to be the favoured word for having a disproportionate weight in favour of or against an idea or person.