AI's bias problem: Why Humanity Must be Returned to AI

Despite the many benefits AI technology can provide – for instance, AI models can detect breast cancer more accurately than radiologists – we also need to be aware of the potential negative consequences of AI, including deepfakes and nefarious uses of facial recognition. In fact, the regulation of artificial intelligence is emerging as a key disagreement among the world's biggest tech companies. Most recently, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, added to the heated debate with an op-ed, calling for greater regulation of AI technologies. Especially with AI permeating into areas of our lives that used to be based on human decision-making such as healthcare, recruiting, and criminal justice, we need to ensure we're still placing people at the centre of these modern technologies. Most often the lack of limited training data can be the root cause.