DESPITE A CURRENT boom in artificial intelligence, today's complicated mathematical systems still suffer an inherent flaw-their propensity, like their human creators, to fall prey to their own biases.Recognizing that fact, explains Joy Buolamwini, the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, is a crucial part of practicing good A.I. hygiene, a technology concept akin to continuously taking care of one's health. A.I. systems that adapt and take action based on the data they ingest require constant tending and human oversight, especially if the systems end up failing to work as well on minority or marginalized groups not equally represented in the data sets.
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