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In 1998, John MacCormick, a computer scientist, unintentionally created a racially biased artificial intelligence algorithm. This story resonates even more strongly today, as tech companies have recently made a flurry of blunders with AI chatbots and image generators. MacCormick’s epiphany as a white male computer scientist occurred while teaching a computer science class in 2021, where he realized that the algorithms he was teaching were biased and could lead to errors. He shares his story and the lessons he learned in order to help others avoid similar mistakes.