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> when the curtain rolls back we see that those superpowers have consequences: Those algorithms have bias built in.

> That’s absolutely right. But I’m optimistic because we’re having a conversation about biased algorithms. We had plenty of bias before but we couldn’t see it.

I must say I am really happy to see that bias in tech is being recognized and accounted for (for the most part).

Please forgive the politics (I'll try really hard not to bash Trump ;-) ), but if there is a silver lining to the 2016 US presidential election I think it is that it has really caused many of us to introspect and realize how thick our echo chamber walls have really gotten over the last few years. The chamber was constructed so quickly, I barely realized it was happening. We're becoming so polarized that we're actually moving to different communities to be with more people "like us." Simple awareness of the problem is a huge step forward in being able to resolve it.