Examples of algorithms resulting in unethical outcomes are commonplace. For organizations, employing unexamined—potentially unethical—algorithms can result in the digitalization of biases and ...

1. An algorithm is a set of very specific instructions How to bake a cake, find the sum of two plus two, or even run a country according to the U.S. Constitution are all examples of algorithms. Why?

There are many common examples of algorithms, from sorting sets of numbers to finding routes through maps to displaying information on a screen.

The news is full of these examples, ranging from computer-judged beauty contests that took points off for dark skin to AI-driven recruiting algorithms that were biased against women.

The algorithm will expand to all languages in which Google offers Search, but there is no set timeline, yet, said Google’s Danny Sullivan. A BERT model is also being used to improve featured ...

They cite examples of algorithms including a tool that estimates Black and Latina women have a smaller chance of a successful vaginal birth after a prior cesarean section.

Algorithms are proprietary though, and monopolistic within their context (a customer can’t select the algorithm they want to use to assess their credit, for instance).

Examples abound of AI systems behaving badly. Last year, Amazon was forced to ditch a hiring algorithm that was found to be gender biased; Google was left red-faced after the autocomplete ...