So, someone has discovered that artificial intelligence decision making is more likely to illegally discriminate.
This was also a feature and not a bug for the microtargeted ads employed by the criminal enterprise formerly known as Facebook™, healthcare providers, the ride share companies, and Airbnb.
People are looking for ways to engage in bigotry without consequence, and the Tech Bros are more than willing to accommodate them:
In a recent study evaluating how chatbots make loan suggestions for mortgage applications, researchers at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh University found something stark: there was clear racial bias at play.
With 6,000 sample loan applications based on data from the 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the chatbots recommended denials for more Black applicants than identical white counterparts. They also recommended Black applicants be given higher interest rates, and labeled Black and Hispanic borrowers as “riskier.”
Basically, Silly-Con Valley is Eddie Murphy's "White Like Me" video made manifest: (Yeah, Eddie Murphy was actually edgy back in the day)
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