Table of Contents Programmers, Lawmakers Want AI to Eliminate Bias, Not Promote It Community activist Ashton P. Woods checks his phone in a Houston neighborhood. A Dallas-area entrepreneur has developed a housing assistance app that he hopes will use artificial intelligence to connect renters and help them avoid discriminatory practices. Artificial intelligence can provide racially biased results, but some states are considering legislation to address the problem. David J. Phillip The Associated Press DALLAS — When software engineer Bejoy Narayana was developing Bob.ai, an application to help automate Dallas-Fort Worth’s Section 8 voucher program, he stopped and asked himself, ‘‘Could this system be used to help some people more than others?”