Link: https://theconversation.com/ai-skin-cancer-detection-tools-are-getting-better-but-only-for-people-with-light-skin-289717

The central myth of AI is that it functions objectively. In reality, an AI model is simply a pattern-matching engine. It learns to associate certain visual features with certain diseases.

But it can easily be thrown off by the background color of a person’s skin. In other words, the AI model doesn’t learn to look at the lesion itself. Instead, it picks up on the color of the surrounding skin as a clue. This means that the model’s ability to make accurate predictions essentially degrades to guesses based on skin color.

History repeats itself in the most nauseating ways.

The central myth of AI is that it functions objectively.

Lmao

Tech's learned nothing from the racist taps.

The central myth of AI is that it functions.