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Algorithms are becoming more and more involved in major decisions in many industries. They are already
helping to decide who is hired, who gets the loan, who can travel freely and many more things. If these
algorithms are flawed or biased it could actually amplify inequality. Let us understand this with the help of
few examples given below:
• If you search for “Salons near my house”, it gives you a listing of women's salons, if you search for “Formal
shirts”, it gives brands of men’s shirt collection. The search engine is trained to search for salons for women and
shirts for men.
• All the virtual assistants have a female voice.
• In 2015, Amazon realized that their algorithm used for hiring employees was found to be biased against
women.
• In 2019, Facebook has to face country’s legal system for using bias ad-targeting tools.
Now most of the companies have understood the importance of designing AI models that should not be biased
due to algorithm writing, data provided or developers intentional or unintentional preferences. It should be
designed to work for the welfare of the society.
Task
Have you seen any other AI bias system around you? Explain in short.
AI Access
AI is used on bigger, faster and more expensive machines. AI is a privilege which only few people can afford and
take advantage of this new technology. This has created a gap between these two classes of people and it gets
widened with the rapid advancement of technology.
AI for Kids
Children today are growing up in a world surrounded by AI. The source of all types of information is easily
available to them which out of curiosity will provoke them to do unwanted things. They need to understand the
ethical usage of AI for holistic development.
Nowadays when the school has shifted to online platforms due to COVID pandemic a child may take the help
of Alexa or Siri or Cortana to get the answers of the questions for his assignment. He may also use google
recommendations to get the answers.
That way we can say he is a smart kid in terms of using the technology to the best of his advantage but he
is losing out the main objective of education at the school level which will not be in his favor on a long-
term basis.
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