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Deep Biases? Fixing AI's unintentional prejudices

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As much of a buzz that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has created this decade, the algorithmic models in this ecosystem have undoubtedly manifested its way into every facet of our daily lives. Whether they are used to solve pressing societal issues or to recommend a new song playlist for your commute, these models are commonplace. As research and technology progress to make way for more advanced systems becoming the norm, unintended consequences of bias and prejudice have to be seriously considered. Will humanity truly be able to create an Artificial Super Intelligence that supersedes our own cognitive abilities if the system is built upon our own biases towards ethnicity, gender and cultural diversity? I'm not the first person to write about this, and I won't be the last.