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If your mind instantly went to Skynet, I can put your mind at ease; it’s not Skynet. That’s not, however, to say that this problem isn’t just as scary, only without the cool special effects. While Sci-Fi has made the risks of robot takeover well-known, the more immediate concerns are the subtle decisions being made by (sometimes) poorly coded, or designed, algorithms that can drastically alter each of our lives. The Obama administration published a report this week that examines problems associated with the shift to an increasingly automated world. Inside, it lays out problems with algorithmic decision making that increasingly operates…

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