Is it right to warn people when an algorithm predicts they are likely to commit a crime? Should the use of a facial recognition artificial intelligence tool that identifies people as gay be banned? Is it right for a visa application screening .
Data-gathering patterns are far beyond even the most insightful human observers, and the bases of the fortunes of tech giants Facebook and Google, writes Nicholas Agar In pre-pandemic times a friend running a New Zealand web design company received a job application from an American IT professional. Knowing little about him, they went to Facebook. There they found a 'like' for Donald Trump’s Facebook page. And that was the end of serious.