Is AI capable of tackling biased opinion? – Revain – Medium

Along with recent notorious data security breaches AI today is probably the most controversial, yet most cherished subject in tech: it is looked upon as either blessing by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, or being cursed and questioned by Elon Musk and Steven Hawking. Interestingly, those who are raising those concerns, are not really feared about robots taking over and massacring the humanity in'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' best tradition. What the AI-opponents are really worried about lies a bit deeper down: raising awareness of responsible deployment of AI in the era of machine learning algorithms and software becoming mass available. Securing unbiased AI that is not affected by human prejudice about race or gender has long been discussed by researchers. But is there any solid grounding for this fuss in the first place?