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The BIAS Detectives: How we caught the computer being Unfair - Softcover

King, David

 
9781909524392: The BIAS Detectives: How we caught the computer being Unfair

Synopsis

When the grant results go up on the wall at their East London youth centre, one thing is clear: projects from Riverside always seem to win…and Eastside always seems to lose. Thirteen‑year‑old Amira and her friends Jay, Tomas and Asha can’t prove it’s unfair—but the pattern won’t leave them alone.

When they discover the charity is using a new “AI scoring tool” to judge applications, the four friends turn into Bias Detectives. With laptops, notebooks and a wall full of sticky notes, they dive into old reports, build their own mini‑models, and interview real applicants. What they find is bigger than one lost grant: a computer quietly learning to repeat years of unfair decisions.

Now the team has to do more than complain. They must design a fairer system, write an AI Builders Code, and convince a room full of adults that young people deserve a say in how technology judges their lives.

Perfect for readers aged 10–13, The Bias Detectives: How We Caught the Computer Being Unfair is a fast‑paced, illustrated story about friendship, data, and standing up for your community. Blending mystery, STEM and social justice, it shows that you don’t need to be a genius coder to ask powerful questions—or to help build AI that treats people fairly.

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