New research suggests robots could turn racist and sexist when built with flawed AI

A robot that operates using a popular internet-based artificial intelligence system continuously and consistently gravitated to men over women, white people over people of colour, and jumped to conclusions about people’s jobs after a glance at their faces. These were the key findings in a study led by Johns Hopkins University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Washington researchers.

The study has been documented as a research article titled, “Robots Enact Malignant Stereotypes,” which is set to be published and presented this week at the 2022 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT).