Is AI Born Biased?

Poster image for Steven Spielberg’s AI. (Detail.)

The bias problem with Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot was easy to see last summer when it started spewing antisemitism and calling itself “MechaHitler.” This episode came into being because Musk reportedly did not like some correct answers that Grok generated about right-wing political violence, so Musk and his team reset the parameters for Grok, instructing it to discount the traditional mainstream media and “not shy away from making claims...