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Facebook developed it's "Look Alike" platform, to advertise things to people who "looked like" their current followers. Then they deployed this to hiring, home loans, and housing. The "algorithm" here just amplified whatever biases the company had to begin with. It's pretty unbelievable that Facebook did not recognize this was a problem until they were sued over it.

Making a system fair at the very least requires people designing the system to be fair. It's pretty clear that still does not happen, so I'm pretty skeptical of those that claim it's just around the corner.