Algorithms and artificial intelligence are used to hire and fire staff, admit students to university and even decide on prison sentences. While these algorithms save time, they can be unfair or discriminatory. Artists are taking up the fight against AI’s coded bias and exposing some of its pitfalls. Whether it’s Google Translate arbitrarily assigning genders to certain professions, or Amazon sifting through resumes and suggesting mostly male names for hiring, or facial recognition software misidentifying black faces: there are many examples of bias generated by artificial intelligence.Most AI systems reflect characteristics of the dominant voice in their code and in the data they use to learn, and that is clearly male and white. Curator and founder of AIArtists.org Marnie Benney says that while AI might be designed with good intentions, a lack of diversity in the data sets and in the people creating the technology systematises discrimination entrenched in our societies. Benney launched the platform in 2019 to create a global community of artists exploring the creative possibilities and challenges of AI. She argues that a wide variety of experiences and perspectives is essential for understanding how humans are entering the age of intelligent machines. “We need artists, poets, musicians and philosophers around the world to channel their creativity and help investigate these new tools,” she says. “We need queer, gay, trans, straight, fluid people thinking about it.”