Tag: algorithmic discrimination
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“Because I’m not white and I’m a girl…”: On the AI road to autonomous discrimination? [Part 2 of 2]
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in decision-making, its potential to reinforce systemic discrimination is both undeniable and alarming. My daughter’s experience—facing bias as a girl playing boys’ varsity basketball—mirrors the broader reality of how unchecked human prejudices can be codified into algorithmic decision-making. While AI can theoretically serve as a force for fairness, it is… Read more
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“Because I’m not white and I’m a girl…”: On the AI road to autonomous discrimination? [Part 1 of 2]
In a world where systemic discrimination still lingers, my daughter’s experience as both an aspiring lawyer and a standout athlete on a boys’ varsity team highlights the persistent biases that shape opportunity. Whether on the courtroom floor or the basketball court, she has faced skepticism, not due to her abilities, but because of entrenched perceptions… Read more
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Bias in, bias out: The algorithmic discrimination challenge
“It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual … because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin” Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 I. Introduction Protection against “algorithmic discrimination”… Read more