Peters, Uwe (2022) Algorithmic political bias in artificial intelligence systems. [Preprint]

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Some artificial intelligence (AI) systems can display algorithmic bias, i.e., they may produce outputs that unfairly discriminate against people based on their social identity. Much research on this topic focuses on algorithmic bias that disadvantages people based on their gender or racial identity. The related ethical problems are significant and well known. Algorithmic bias against other aspects of people’s social identity, for instance, their political orientation remains largely unexplored. This paper argues that algorithmic bias against people’s political orientation can arise in some of the same ways in which algorithmic gender and racial biases emerge. However, it differs importantly from them because there are (in a democratic society) strong social norms against gender and racial biases. This doesn’t hold to the same extent for political biases. Political biases can thus more powerfully influence people, which increases the chances that these biases become embedded in algorithms and makes algorithmic political biases harder to detect and eradicate than gender and race biases even though they all can produce similar harm. Since some algorithms can now also easily identify people’s political orientations against their will, these problems are exacerbated. Algorithmic political bias thus raises substantial and distinctive risks that the AI community should be aware of and examine.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Peters, Uwe
Keywords:	algorithmic bias; artificial intelligence; machine learning; political bias; psychology
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence > AI and Ethics Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Computer Science Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence > Machine Learning
Depositing User:	Dr. Uwe Peters
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2022 03:26
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2022 03:26
Item ID:	20342
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence > AI and Ethics Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Computer Science Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence > Machine Learning
Date:	2022
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20342

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