Comment Re:Algorithm (Score 1) 233
So, my career potential should be limited because people of my gender weren't sufficiently interested in high-paying jobs?
Maybe I "innocently" think a black person wouldn't be interested in college. How terrible does it have to "innocently" be before it's wrong?
I understand the algorithm, but it's irrelevant who is doing the discrimination so long as someone is being hurt by it. We're increasingly allowing computers to do our thinking for us, and we need to make sure they don't exhibit the same bigotry we're all subject to.
Maybe I "innocently" think a black person wouldn't be interested in college. How terrible does it have to "innocently" be before it's wrong?
I understand the algorithm, but it's irrelevant who is doing the discrimination so long as someone is being hurt by it. We're increasingly allowing computers to do our thinking for us, and we need to make sure they don't exhibit the same bigotry we're all subject to.