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How Bias Ruins A.I.

In wake of Banjo CEO revelations, bias in A.I. comes under new scrutiny

Dave Gershgorn
Published in
5 min readApr 28, 2020

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Bias in artificial intelligence is everywhere. At one point, when you Googled “doctor,” the algorithm that powers Google’s namesake product returned 50 images of white men. But when biased algorithms are used by governments to dispatch police or surveil the public, it can become a matter of life and death.

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Dave Gershgorn
OneZero

Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.