The system was trained with public employment records, an ostensibly unbiased dataset. But even 20 years after sex-based discrimination was thrust into the media spotlight, the tech industry still hasn't fully corrected its gender imbalance. The job screening system "learns" that most software engineers are men and starts favoring male candidates over women. This dangerous scenario is one of many posited in "The Future Computed," a new book published by Microsoft, with a foreword by Brad Smith, Microsoft president and chief legal officer, and Harry Shum, executive vice president of Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence and Research group. The book examines the use cases and potential dangers of AI technology, which will soon be integrated into many of the systems people use everyday.