As AI becomes more advanced, more and more aspects of our daily life are touched by invisible algorithms. However, the more we entrust vital decisions to software, the greater the need becomes to interrogate how they work, and why they reach the conclusions they do.
Concern has been slowly bubbling, with the book 'Weapons of Math Destruction' by Cathy O'Neil highlighting the ways in which these algorithms can influence crucial decision making processes including whether to grant a loan, who to hire, college admissions, and bail decisions. One of the most potent dangers of algorithms is how they incorporate and perpetuate intentional and unintentional bias.