A.I. is only human

If you applied for a mortgage, would you be comfortable with a computer using a collection of data about you to assess how likely you are to default on the loan? If you applied for a job, would you be comfortable with the company's human-resources department running your information through software that will determine how likely it is that you will, say, steal from the company, or leave the job within two years? If you were arrested for a crime, would you be comfortable with the court plugging your personal data into an algorithm-based tool, which will then advise your judge on whether you should await trial in jail or at home? If you were convicted, would you be comfortable with the same tool weighing in on your sentencing? Much of the hand-wringing about advances in artificial intelligence has been concerned with AI's effects on the labor market.