It takes one bad application of such technology to ruin a person's life. We can't have a mindless algorithm take or assist decisions that can effect a person's

It takes one bad application of such technology to ruin a person's life. We can't have a mindless algorithm take or assist decisions that can effect a person's life without extreme caution. Not because people who make these decisions are never wrong but because they are held accountable. These algorithms give false impression of realness and truth while being totally unaccountable. Just look how Yan Lecun (who wasn't even accused of anything) immediately took to throw the blame on the data and not the algorithm. His claim is just a silly demagoguery because with ML there's no real distinction between data and algorithm. But the point is ML is dangerous because it makes it way too easy to pass the buck and doing harm without accountability. Lecunn just made a great demonstration....