Artificial Intelligence and Ethnic, Religious, and Gender‐Based Discrimination

Abstract

This thematic issue explores the applications of artificial intelligence‐based technologies and their potential for producing discriminatory and biased outcomes based on ethnicity, religion, and gender. This thematic issue adds to the ongoing debate with theoretical and empirical studies and a commentary that examine the topic from various perspectives. This editorial discusses the key themes highlighted in the studies and presents the findings of the different contributions to this collection.

Keywords

• algorithms
• artificial intelligence
• automated decision‐making systems
• bias
• discrimination