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]
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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]
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In a world where systemic discrimination still lingers, my daughter’s experiences highlight the persistent biases that shape opportunities and dreams. As artificial intelligence increasingly influences decision-making, its reliance on biased historical data threatens to amplify these prejudices, transforming them from systemic injustices into autonomous discrimination. If left unchecked, AI may not only reflect but also… 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
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…and without implementing AI successfully, you will be replaced.
[updated Nov. 2024] Hyperbole? No, at least not for many industries. Businesses and individuals who figure out how to implement AI successfully will operate far more efficiently than those who don’t. And the already starving artist is facing its greatest existential crisis; there’s seemingly nothing to do but protest. Employee displacement by generative AI—which generates… Read more