AI Clarified: Is AI More Biased Than Humans or Less?

Exploring bias in AI systems, and what we can do to prevent it. For business and non-profit leaders trying to understand AI, it can be surprisingly difficult to find good information in the sweet spot between high-level overview and technical jargon. The AI Clarified series attempts to fill this void and answer some of the most commonly asked AI questions with practical, easy-to-follow explanations. Question: Is AI more biased than humans, or less? I've heard both and am not sure which side to believe. Indeed it's hard to know what to believe about bias in Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems when just reading articles online -- there is plenty of support in both directions. With the growth of AI and the widespread adaption of AI models, there is a lot of noise on both sides, especially for high-stakes use cases like those affecting humans. Let's take hiring as an example.