>> It's already illegal for these algorithms to have discriminatory outcomes, even if they're not deliberately designed in. > unbiased algorithms often discove

>> It's already illegal for these algorithms to have discriminatory outcomes, even if they're not deliberately designed in. > unbiased algorithms often discover that things we previously attributed to bias were actually unbiased predictors That may be true, but Schneier is speaking on a different topic -- redlining. There's a long history of people discriminating based on race, sex, class, etc. and pretending they're using an unbiased algorithm instead. The word redlining comes from the practice of using geography to make decisions. It's obvious to most people that geography is highly correlated with race and class. Therefore, even if geography itself carries no intrinsic bias, to use geography as a variable in evaluating credit-worthiness is discriminatory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining