AI glossary
What is bias (in data)?
Short answer
Systematic skew in data or outcomes that can make a model unfair or unreliable for some groups.
For example
A hiring model trained mostly on past hires from one group can learn to rate that group higher, even though nobody told it to.
Questions
What is bias (in data) in simple terms?
Systematic skew in data or outcomes that can make a model unfair or unreliable for some groups.
What is an example of bias (in data)?
A hiring model trained mostly on past hires from one group can learn to rate that group higher, even though nobody told it to.