Razia Begum, an employment lawyer at Taylor Vinters, explores the growing risk of AI discrimination and the legal exposure for those developing and using machine learning.
Artificial intelligence is having a growing impact on the way we work and live. However, outsourcing decision-making to machines risks unintended discriminatory outcomes. As technology firms increasingly exploit the possibilities of machine learning, they could become vulnerable to legal pitfalls both now and increasingly so in the future.
Who is responsible?
Machine learning is already powering a host of new systems, which are helping consumers and businesses to make smarter and quicker decisions. But as we continue to explore the benefits, it is easy to forget the powerful autonomy granted to this sophisticated technology to make automated decisions on our behalf....