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Bias

n. Foundations 2023

Unfair or skewed patterns a model picks up from its training data or design and repeats in its outputs, like a hiring tool that favors one group of applicants.

“The screening model was rejecting older applicants, a bias it learned from past hiring.”

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In the history of AI

One of the Essentials

Bias is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2023.