Bauer-Kahan’s bill in AB 2930 would prohibit bias in Automated Decision Tools (ADTs). The bill seeks to eliminate bias in AI-decision making.
Sacramento, CA – Today, Chair of the California State Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) introduced a bill that will pave the way for common sense regulations on artificial intelligence (AI). AB 2930 requires developers and users to mitigate and asses automated decision tools (ADTs) that make consequential decisions.
“Algorithms are already making decisions about our lives, and there’s no check on the bias. These hidden forces are embedding discrimination further into our system and it’s unacceptable,” said Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan. “AB 2930 continues our work to ensure that AI fulfils its promises of progress and does not drag us backwards with biased results.”
AB 2930 requires developers and users of ADTs to conduct and record an impact assessment including the intended use, the makeup of the data, and the rigor of the statistical analysis. The data reported must also include an analysis of potential adverse impact on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, sex, religion, age, national origin, or any other classification protected by state law.
Automated Decision Tools are being used to assess eligibility for a benefit or penalty. These systems have been traditionally used for credit decisions, however usage has expanded to employment screening, insurance eligibility, and health care decisions. ADTs have been found to exhibit biases and consequently have resulted in discriminatory impacts and harm to marginalized communities. For example, a study published in Science showed that a clinical algorithm used across hospitals for determining patient care was racially biased against Black patients.
“Workday has been laying the groundwork for smart AI safeguards that build trust and enable responsible innovation since 2019. With a growing appetite to regulate AI at the state level, California can lead the nation in establishing meaningful guardrails. This new bill would establish concrete requirements and strong protections for consequential decisions driven by AI. We enthusiastically endorse AB 2930 and are pleased to have contributed to its development. We applaud Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan for her thoughtful leadership at this critical moment,” said Jarrell Cook, Senior Manager for State and Local Government Affairs for Workday.
The legislation is based on AB 331, which Bauer-Kahan carried last year, and is based on the White House Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence (AI)[1] and the National Institute of Standards and Technology framework[2] to manage the risks associated with the use of AI systems.
- [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
- [2] https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/NIST.AI.100-1.pdf
Other AI related bills:
- Jan 17 – Bill Seeks to End AI Generated Deepfake Pornography
- Jan 4 – Artificial Intelligence Technology Bills Introduced
- Aug 15, 2023 – Legislature Adopts Sen. Dodd’s Groundbreaking AI Resolution
- Feb 6, 2023 – Senator Dodd Says You have a Right to Know if You Are Talking to Human or AI
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Yet another bill that should not have even been created. The issue with AI SHOULD ONLY BE ADDRESSED AT THE FEDERAL to assure that AQLL STATES WORK THE SAME WAY. This representative simply wants her name on something that passes so she can get re-elected.
If AI is racist then maybe we should take the race metric out of these decision making products. Also, ADT’s are only as biased as the programmers that create the code for them. At its core you still have a human creating code for these ‘tools’ to work. Why is Silicon Valley racist? Who works at Workday in Pleasanton? What is the political makeup of this tech company? I personally know a few there and their culture is that of what you would expect from millennial college grads.
Don’t want racial problems with ADT’s? Take race out of the equation. It really is that simple. Workday employees probably calling me simple now in their standard marginalize and dismiss behavior; but I’m right.
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