Artificial Intelligence could introduce Biases.


AI could introduce Biases.
By Pedro Perdomo

Using real data to train Artificial Intelligence algorithms could introduce biases. Those biases are part of our DNA, are embedded in it, and include aspects of our culture, education, and feelings that guide our decisions. AI is not going to fix this, it is going to make it worse.

Among the first steps in training Machine Learning algorithms are collecting and "cleaning" the data, but there are no effective techniques to "cleaning" the biases.
Artificial Intelligence offers us a tremendous opportunity to do good things, but it has risks. AI must work for the benefit of people and society, but we must take care that it does not work against ourselves.

Just as using AI in an out-of-date business model is not recommended, don't apply AI to data with biases from the past. AI will evolve with you, with your same prejudices. AI corrects them if you correct them, but it won't do it alone, not yet.

Businesses and governments must address ethical challenges and ensure that their use is as transparent as possible. They must also ensure that AI is the freest from human bias and does not discriminate by introducing prejudices that have disturbed us for many generations. It was important before, is important now, and will be in the future.

Work to do, but to do it well. From the beginning.


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