Is an Algorithm Any Less Racist Than a Human?

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Leigh Alexander. "Is an Algorithm Any Less Racist Than a Human?" theguardian.com, August 2016. Archived at perma.cc/XP93-DSVX

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Is an algorithm any less racist than a human? | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

Employers trusting in the impartiality of machines sounds like a good plan to eliminate bias, but data can be just as prejudiced as we are

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