Can an AI algorithm mitigate racial economic inequality? Only if more black hosts adopt it

(Carnegie Mellon University) A new study investigated the impact of Airbnb's algorithm on racial disparities among Airbnb hosts. Adopting the tool narrowed the revenue gap between White and Black hosts considerably, but because far fewer Black hosts used the algorithm, the revenue gap between White and Black hosts actually increased after the tool's introduction.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news