However, in a way, bias removes responsibility and makes it seem as if what is happening is "accidental" or a "side effect".
Moreover, the use of "bias" obscures the very real social structures that are contributing to the output of these algorithms, creating a picture that in neoliberal fashion it is unintentional or not in bad faith rather than an intentional by product of oppressive institutions.
That is, this claim purports the idea that well-meaning human beings are unconsciously making these tools, but as the following sections point out, that is not necessarily the case.
Even more so, it downplays the severity with which algorithms can and do impact oppressed people.
For example, there is nothing well-intentioned about predictive policing resulting in perpetual over-policing of Black and Indigenous neighbour- hoods or using autonomous AI weapons to murder Black and Brown people and children.