Then the problem is in the racist human(s), not the algorithm.

yoo1I · on July 7, 2016

But the algorithm enshrines and possibly amplifies it. Or as the old saying goes:

> To err is human, to really foul things up requires a computer.

Symmetry · on July 7, 2016

Humans have much more potential for racism in making predictions about the future than in judging things that have already happened. So while I agree that racism through biased input data is a problem, I think that even with that problem machines should be substantially less racist in their judgement than the humans they're replacing even if they're not perfect.