The basis of the argument is that if decisions correlate with race, than the cause of the decision is race. This is of course wrong. Correlation does not imply

The basis of the argument is that if decisions correlate with race, than the cause of the decision is race. This is of course wrong. Correlation does not imply causation and the algorithms cannot even have a concept of race or sex unless that data is deliberately and explicitly placed into the data set. A realistic complaint would be that these algorithms dehumanize people and create a weird algorithm based bureaucracy that mimics The Trial. Maybe someone is trying to conflate the two arguments so they can dismiss the second one by pretending it's the first?