Machine Learning Has a Huge Flaw: It's Gullible

Research shows how humans can shield machine learning from manipulation. Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are poised to supercharge productivity in the knowledge economy, transforming the future of work. Machine learning (ML) – technology in which algorithms "learn" from existing patterns in data to conduct statistically driven predictions and facilitate decisions – has been found in multiple contexts to reveal bias. Remember when Amazon.com came under fire for a hiring algorithm that revealed gender and racial bias? Such biases often result from slanted training data or skewed algorithms.