Before machine learning, a system (such as resume screening) that was biased was the fault of the rules and people implementing them. With machine learning, peo

Before machine learning, a system (such as resume screening) that was biased was the fault of the rules and people implementing them. With machine learning, people can blame the “The Algorithm”, a numerical black box that can’t be inspected or interviewed. The system and people now claim they are blameless because “the computer can’t be biased“, even though it was trained on data produced by the previous biased system.