Can You Trust a Computer Algorithm?

Artificial intelligence can mimic human decisions — but also drastically amplify hidden biases.

10 min readFeb 9, 2021

**When an AI system makes an error, that error can be repeated again and again, no matter how many times it looks at the same data under the same circumstances** [Pixabay]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is increasingly creeping into everyday life, from Google searches and matching singles on dating sites to Siri recommendations and detecting credit card fraud. But how much can we trust the computer algorithms that drive…

Can You Trust a Computer Algorithm?

Artificial intelligence can mimic human decisions — but also drastically amplify hidden biases.

Written by Wilson da Silva