Artificial Intelligence

What tech companies can learn from a creator's AI algorithm from 25 years ago

The dangers of bias and errors in AI algorithms are now well known.

The dangers of bias and errors in AI algorithms are now well known. Image: Pixabay/Tumisu

John MacCormick
Professor of Computer Science, Dickinson College
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The author’s 1998 head-tracking AI algorithm used skin color to distinguish a face from the background of an image.
The author’s 1998 head-tracking AI algorithm used skin color to distinguish a face from the background of an image. Image: John MacCormick, CC BY-ND

This matrix is at the heart of the author’s 1998 skin color model. Can you spot the racism?
This matrix is at the heart of the author’s 1998 skin color model. Can you spot the racism? Image: John MacCormick, CC BY-ND
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