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bias

Definition for bias

noun as in diagonal weave of fabric

Strong matches

angle, incline, oblique, slant

verb as in cause to favor

Strongest matches

distort, incline, prejudice, slant, sway

Weak match

make partial

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But others see structural bias baked into the system.

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The WHO urged its member states to address "potential risks" associated with AI, including "biased or low-quality outputs, automation bias, erosion of clinician skills, reduced clinician–patient interaction and inequitable outcomes for marginalised populations".

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But the government bias steering every high school student toward college is doing tangible harm to the labor market—and the young.

These political biases can steer executives to ignore the main obligation of public companies, which is to make money for the owners, i.e., for shareholders.

“The unfairness of the second Masterson trial was the result of prosecutorial misconduct, judicial bias, and the failure of defense counsel to present exculpatory evidence,” he said in a statement.

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