> remove bias from data, I wonder if this is really a possible goal. Might it not be better to be aware of the impossibility of true objectivity, and decide to

> remove bias from data, I wonder if this is really a possible goal. Might it not be better to be aware of the impossibility of true objectivity, and decide to be strongly opinionated in favor of certain values? Certainly if a machine learning model not only predicts something but acts as an actual agent in the world to affect some goal, it becomes impossible to claim pure objectivity, as the AI itself now is acting to change the world in pursuit of that goal. I mean, it's hard to argue purely "objectively" that cruelty , totalitarianism and power centralization are "wrong". Any statement about them eventually comes to a moral argument, which means that AI researchers ultimately have to take responsibility themselves for being opinionated moral agents. "Remove bias" could just be passing the buck for support for entrenching the status quo or worse. Things like democracy, egalitarianism, freedom of thought and opportunity don't just spring up spontaneously, they were hard to fight for and win.