California Assembly bill aims to minimize discriminatory decisions by AI systems used by state Ed Chau and Debra Gore-Mann April 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail State Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys (left), and Assembly Member Ed Chau, D-Monterey Park (Los Angeles County), celebrate after their data privacy bill was approved by the Legislature in 2018.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press 2018 You can’t see algorithms, but they can impact huge parts of your life, from seemingly minor things like what video YouTube will queue up next to life-and-death issues such as whether or not you can get a COVID-19 vaccination. It’s time we had a better idea of algorithms’ impact, particularly when the government is using them.