I get an uncomfortable, here goes the radical Left feeling about this whole discussion of "algorithmic bias".<p>If you give preference to people who pay their bills on time it may turn out that you are giving preference to one sex or one race or one religious tradition over another. In my view that should not be reason for concern.<p>On the other hand, if you score based on artifacts which can reasonably be understood to be proxies for race or sex (e.g., subscription to a Korean language newspaper or use of hair straightening hair products), then yes that is wrong.<p>But if we are not careful the whole discussion will devolve into a push for equal outcomes, which many would like but which I think would be unfair.