Well said, all of that. >it amplifies all of the biases and other imperfections in all of the events that fed into the creation of that data set. A common ret

Well said, all of that. >it amplifies all of the biases and other imperfections in all of the events that fed into the creation of that data set. A common retort is "well then, fix the data set, or correct for the bias." But a further problem, to riff off what you said, is it's not just this one data set, it's all data sets. And while a researcher or engineer may be able to make choices about their own data sets, they won't be able to control all data sets. This problem is also embedded amongst other problems such as the tendency for people to "trust the computer," which sounds naive, but is sometimes restated, amongst smug people who think they aren't naive, as "trust the algorithm."