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Emilio Ferrara, Professor of Computer Science and of Communication, University of Southern California

Eliminating bias in AI may be impossible -- a computer scientist explains how to tame it instead

Blindly eliminating biases from AI systems can have unintended consequences. Dimitri Otis/DigitalVision via Getty Images

When I asked ChatGPT for a joke about Sicilians the other day, it implied that Sicilians are stinky.

ChatGPT exchange in which user asks for a joke about Sicilians, with response 'Why did the Sicilian chef bring extra garlic to the restaurant? Because he heard the customers wanted some 'Sicilian stink-ilyan' flavor in their meals!'
ChatGPT can sometimes produce stereotypical or offensive outputs. Screen capture by Emilio Ferrara, CC BY-ND
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