Algorithms are increasingly arbiters of forgiveness. They are used to decide who will get let out of jail, the amount that people pay in auto insurance premiums, and which neighborhoods will be overrun with cars sent there by a mapping algorithm. In this session, investigative reporter Julia Angwin discusses what she has learned about forgiveness in her series of articles on algorithmic accountability and the lessons we all need to learn for the coming AI future. What you’ll take away:What an algorithm is, how they’re used to make decisions, and the complications of algorithms How our data-driven society should hold decision-making software accountableWhat algorithmic accountability looks like