AI and Discrimination

"Some people talk about getting rid of bias from algorithms, but that's not what we'd be doing even in an ideal state," says Cathy O'Neil, a former Wall Street quant turned self-described algorithm auditor, who wrote the book "Weapons of Math Destruction." 

"There's no such thing as a non-biased discriminating tool, determining who deserves this job, who deserves this treatment. The algorithm is inherently discriminating, so the question is what bias do you want it to have?" she adds.