In a military context, bias in AI reflects the decisions of its makers

According to Ingvild Bode, associate professor at the Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, the artificial intelligence in lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and other military applications “will likely contain algorithmic biases” that could have “serious consequences.”

“Biases can lead to legal and moral harms as people of a certain age group, gender, or skin tone may be wrongfully assessed to be combatants,” writes Bode in the piece, which is based on her presentation to …

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