> But you don't need AI for that. Yes you do. If I select young and white applicants for a job, and get sued, on the witness stand I will be asked why I only s

> But you don't need AI for that. Yes you do. If I select young and white applicants for a job, and get sued, on the witness stand I will be asked why I only selected young and white applicants. When I answer that I selected young and white applicants, I lose the case and a large packet of money. But if I have an AI in hand, I can say that I accepted the claims by its creators that it is not biased, and therefore if it only selected young and white applicants, that iss because they are the only qualified ones, and they just "happen to be white." Naturally there would be arguments going back and forth as to whether the algorithm is racist, but I have a good chance of getting away without paying damages because the question is complicated and thorny to explain to a jury, and I have plausible deniability.