<div dir="ltr">John, <div>You might find the book by Cathy O'Neil, "Weapons of Math Destruction," interesting since it contains more examples in the same vein as the article. The author attended Lexington High School and gave a talk about her book at Follen Church several years ago. Stories such as an algorithm that uses data like zip code and criminal records of relatives to calculate a prisoner's likelihood to commit another crime if released on parole, etc. </div><div>    <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Math-Destruction-Increases-Inequality/dp/0553418815">https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Math-Destruction-Increases-Inequality/dp/0553418815</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jerry</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 10:47 AM john rudy <<a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-8967266407834342550WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,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<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/excerpt-from-automating-inequality/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/excerpt-from-automating-inequality/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-718-8334 (cell)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bedford, MA  01730-1047<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="99" height="94" style="width: 1.0312in; height: 0.9791in;" id="gmail-m_-8967266407834342550Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:1800ee645fa4cff311"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>===============================================<br>
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