AI field guide
INTERMEDIATE · THE BIGGER PICTURE · 15 MIN

AI and society

Bias, work, energy, law and who decides.

LESSON 1 / 4

Bias in, bias out

Models learn from data made by people, so they can reproduce stereotypes or perform worse for groups under-represented in training data. Fixing this needs better data, testing across groups and human oversight — not just a disclaimer.

MAKE IT CONCRETE

Early face-recognition systems were measurably less accurate for darker-skinned women, as shown by the 2018 Gender Shades study.

Ask who a system was tested on.

CHECK YOURSELF

Where does model bias often come from?