Explaining How AI Algorithms Make Decisions

Lauren Maffeo studies the emerging threats of artificial intelligence in her work as an analyst for GetApp, a software reviews site under Gartner Research that uses proprietary data to help match software buyers with the best tools for their businesses. In these two episodes of The New Stack Makers, Maffeo provides her perspective on artificial intelligence, its power and the threats it poses when unchecked. The top performing companies in the financial markets are using technologies based upon artificial intelligence. These technologies are powerful but can at times prove to pose indirect biases. That can lead to a bank loan getting denied, a passport not issued, a payment getting stopped and a black person getting a longer prison sentence due to the color of their skin.