Artificial Intelligence

How Experts Are Attempting to Combat Artificial Intelligence's Racist Tendencies

A more comprehensive, democratic approach to AI development is needed

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AI often picks up on the implicit biases of its human creators.Victor Habbick/Getty Images
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By Patrick Kulp

August 10, 2020

Artificial intelligence might be the cutting edge of futuristic tech, but by its nature, it’s also rooted in the past and present.

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Patrick Kulp

Patrick Kulp is an emerging tech reporter at Adweek.

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