Artificial Intelligence and Bias

Artificial Intelligence I has a lot of potential for productivity and social good, but it also has significant problems with bias. This video introduces three sources of bias as well as four real-world examples so that viewers will be aware of the significant bias in AI tools and take them into account when using those tools. CC BY-NC-SA Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:52 Sources of Bias 4:39 Examples 6:15 Conclusion Works Cited Ananya. (2024). AI image generators often give racist and sexist results: Can they be fixed? Nature, 627(8005), 722–725. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00674-9 Broussard, M. (2019). Artificial unintelligence: How computers misunderstand the world (First MIT Press paperback edition). MIT Press. Broussard, M. (2020, September 8). Opinion | When Algorithms Give Real Students Imaginary Grades. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/opinion/international-baccalaureate-algorithm-grades.html Broussard, M. (2023). More than a glitch: Confronting race, gender, and ability bias in tech. MIT Press. Buolamwini, J. (2023). Unmasking AI: My mission to protect what is human in a world of machines. Random House. Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI: Power, politics, and the planetary costs of artificial intelligence. Yale University Press. Dastin, J. (2018, October 10). Insight—Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women | Reuters. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/insight-amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK0AG/ Emslie, K. (2023, July 6). AI Bias: Challenges and Solutions – Communications of the ACM. Communications of the ACM. https://cacm.acm.org/news/ai-bias-challenges-and-solutions/ Hagen, L. (2025, July 9). Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself “MechaHitler.” NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content Larson, E. J. (2021). The myth of artificial intelligence: Why computers can’t think the way we do. Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674259935 Nicoletti, L. (2023, June 9). Humans Are Biased. Generative AI Is Even Worse. Bloomberg.Com. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-generative-ai-bias/