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On Saturday, April 9, 2022, 10:56:04 AM EDT, Smita Desai <smitausa@gmail.com> wrote:
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--></style><div><div class="yiv4568511074WordSection1"><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Bias is a major issue in AI and ML algorithms. Many times the bias in an algorithm is not caught because the data collected is biased to begin with. Some of the well-known cases have been Google’s algorithm identifying dark-skinned people as chimps and Apple’s credit card was gender-blind. </span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mzhang/2015/07/01/google-photos-tags-two-african-americans-as-gorillas-through-facial-recognition-software/?sh=58c2f0d5713d">https://www.forbes.com/sites/mzhang/2015/07/01/google-photos-tags-two-african-americans-as-gorillas-through-facial-recognition-software/?sh=58c2f0d5713d</a></span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/11/apple-card-algorithm-sparks-gender-bias-allegations-against-goldman-sachs/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/11/apple-card-algorithm-sparks-gender-bias-allegations-against-goldman-sachs/</a></span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Smita Desai</span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><div id="yiv4568511074yqt91533" class="yiv4568511074yqt8875326189"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LCTG <lctg-bounces+smitausa=gmail.com@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>john rudy<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 9, 2022 10:47 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Lex Computer Group <LCTG@lists.toku.us><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] AI bias</p></div></div><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">I am taking an AI course and a major issue is the bias build into some AI systems. If, for example, you pick new hires from those who were successful in the past you’ll mostly hire white males because those were who you mostly had in the past. Here is a fascinating article from the course</span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.wired.com/story/excerpt-from-automating-inequality/">https://www.wired.com/story/excerpt-from-automating-inequality/</a></span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">John Rudy</span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">781-861-0402</span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">781-718-8334 (cell)</span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu">John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</a> </span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">13 Hawthorne Lane</span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Bedford, MA 01730-1047</span></p></div><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"><img id="yiv4568511074Picture_x0020_1" border="0" width="99" height="94" style="width:1.0312in;min-height:.9791in;" src="cid:oTfaj4OG6okxZMVKCaBp" yahoo_partid="1.2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="yiv4568511074MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div><div class="yqt8875326189" id="yqt98388">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com." href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com.">bobprimak@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com</a></div></div>
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