How Experts Are Attempting to Combat Artificial Intelligence’s Racist Tendencies
A more comprehensive, democratic approach to AI development is needed

AI often picks up on the implicit biases of its human creators.
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Key insights:
- Many say an overwhelming lack of diversity in the field is part of the problem.
- A debate has broken out over how much emphasis should be placed on biased data sets as a factor.
Artificial intelligence might be the cutting edge of futuristic tech, but by its nature, it’s also rooted in the past and present.