There are many common examples of algorithms, from sorting sets of numbers to finding routes through maps to displaying information on a screen.

1. An algorithm is a set of very specific instructions How to bake a cake, find the sum of two plus two, or even run a country according to the U.S. Constitution are all examples of algorithms. Why?

Algorithms are proprietary though, and monopolistic within their context (a customer can’t select the algorithm they want to use to assess their credit, for instance).

Interaction Bias A unfortunately common example of Interaction Bias is facial recognition algorithms trained on datasets containing more Caucasian faces than African American faces.

The news is full of these examples, ranging from computer-judged beauty contests that took points off for dark skin to AI-driven recruiting algorithms that were biased against women.

Another example of clustering algorithms in use is recommender systems, which group together users with similar viewing, browsing, or shopping patterns to recommend similar content.

Caption Example of an interval cancer retrospectively detected by the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm. A 48-year-old woman presented for a screening digital breast tomosynthesis examination ...

A study published Thursday in Science has found that a health care risk-prediction algorithm, a major example of tools used on more than 200 million people in the U.S., demonstrated racial bias ...

But because this is not always done reliably, some algorithms access other information, too—for example, specific product descriptions and customer data, including age, gender and location.