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Re:How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on a Resume (2016) by paradite on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:04PM (#13958639)
Yes. To phrase it differently, if we have trained a perfectly rational AI, it may make the same (biased) decisions against women based on past statistics (percentage of women leaving full-time jobs) and assumption in reasoning (family responsibility affecting career performance) as you described.

To change the decision would require changing either the statistics or the assumption in reasoning.

Re:How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on a Resume (2016) by TuringNYC on Sunday March 26, 2017 @03:00AM (#13959595)
We are part of society, so I hope we don't "trained a perfectly rational AI" but train something that operates within constraints that we agree upon as a society.

A "perfectly rational AI" might also kill of disabled people as unproductive, but we as a society will need to introduce bounds and constraints and objectives in line with our human values.

Re:How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on a Resume (2016) by ohyes on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:10PM (#13958660)
Reasoning that can also justify eugenics or other heinous stuff.
Re:How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on a Resume (2016) by jimmywanger on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:25PM (#13958721)
The opposite reasoning justifies "Harrison Bergeron".
Re:How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on a Resume (2016) by mrkgnao on Sunday March 26, 2017 @01:21AM (#13959323)
Re:How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on a Resume (2016) by icebraining on Sunday March 26, 2017 @04:03AM (#13959719)
No, assuming that the goal of your perfectly rational AI is to maximize profits, you can change the decision by adding a disincentive for choosing against women.

Which is what governments usually do.