Bias and Discrimination in AI: a cross-disciplinary perspective
It addresses the problem of AI bias leading to discrimination for society, but it is incremental as it synthesizes existing knowledge without new empirical results.
The paper surveys literature on AI bias and discrimination from technical, legal, social, and ethical perspectives, concluding that robust cross-disciplinary collaborations are needed to find solutions.
With the widespread and pervasive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for automated decision-making systems, AI bias is becoming more apparent and problematic. One of its negative consequences is discrimination: the unfair, or unequal treatment of individuals based on certain characteristics. However, the relationship between bias and discrimination is not always clear. In this paper, we survey relevant literature about bias and discrimination in AI from an interdisciplinary perspective that embeds technical, legal, social and ethical dimensions. We show that finding solutions to bias and discrimination in AI requires robust cross-disciplinary collaborations.