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A healthcare start-up is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to test the way a person speaks in order to detect Alzheimer’s disease. The algorithm interprets pauses and differences in pronunciations as markers of the disease. The developers used a dataset that contains only speech samples from native English speakers. What type of bias is present in this example?

The type of bias present in this example is Algorithmic bias. Alzheimer’s Disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease, which slowly and... View Article

What is a microlith?

A microlith is a small stone tool usually composed of flint or chert and typically contains a length centimetre and half a centimetre wide.... View Article

Milk is colloid in which

(a) a liquid is dispersed in liquid(b) a solid is dispersed in liquid(c) a gas is dispersed in liquid(d) some sugar is dispersed in waterCorrect... View Article