When a computer system makes repeated, systematic mistakes that lead to unjust results, such as favouring one random set of users over another, this is referred to as algorithmic bias. It's a common worry nowadays as applications for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) permeate more and more of our daily lives ( Awan, 2023 ).
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Comprehending Algorithmic Bias and Strategies for Fostering Trust in Artificial Intelligence
Copyright: © 2024
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1762-4.ch014
Abstract
Fairness is threatened by algorithm bias, systematic and unfair disparities in machine learning results. Amazon's AI-driven hiring tool favoured men. AI promised data-driven, impartial decision-making, but it has revealed sector-wide prejudice, perpetuating systematic imbalances. The algorithm's bias is data and design. Biassed historical data and feature selection and pre-processing can bias algorithms. Development is harmed by human biases. Algorithm prejudice impacts money, education, employment, and crime. Diverse and representative data collection, understanding complicated “black box” algorithms, and legal and ethical considerations are needed to address this bias. Despite these issues, algorithm bias elimination techniques are emerging. This chapter uses secondary data to study algorithm bias. Algorithm bias is defined, its origins, its prevalence in data, examples, and issues are discussed. The chapter also tackles bias reduction and elimination to make AI a more reliable and impartial decision-maker.