AI Expert: Awareness Is Key To Managing Biases

A Walden University professor discussed various types of biases AI/ML developers need to take into consideration during the recent Xavier Health AI Summit. She noted a working group will produce a white paper laying out different types of biases to raise awareness.

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Betsy Macht, a professor of management and technology at Walden University, says the key to overcoming biases in artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML) product development is knowing that they exist.

Speaking via webcast during a seminar at Xavier Health’s annual AI Summit, Macht discussed how different types of biases can crop up in AI products and may adversely

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