When AI Goes Astray: High-Profile Machine Learning Mishaps in the Real World
<p>The transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning has often made headlines in the news, with plenty of reports on its positive impact in diverse fields ranging from healthcare to finance.</p>
<p>Yet, no technology is immune to missteps. While the success stories paint a picture of machine learning's wonderful capabilities, it is equally crucial to highlight its pitfalls to understand the full spectrum of its impact.</p>
<p>In this article, we explore numerous high-profile machine learning blunders so that we can draw lessons for more informed implementations in the future.</p>
<h1>Contents</h1>
<p>In particular, we will look at a noteworthy case from each of the following categories:</p>
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<p><strong><em>(1) </em></strong><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/when-ai-goes-astray-high-profile-machine-learning-mishaps-in-the-real-world-26bd58692195#8b4a" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><em>Classic Machine Learning</em></a><br />
<strong><em>(2) </em></strong><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/when-ai-goes-astray-high-profile-machine-learning-mishaps-in-the-real-world-26bd58692195#0630" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><em>Computer Vision</em></a><br />
<strong><em>(3) </em></strong><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/when-ai-goes-astray-high-profile-machine-learning-mishaps-in-the-real-world-26bd58692195#4d00" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><em>Forecasting</em></a><br />
<strong><em>(4) </em></strong><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/when-ai-goes-astray-high-profile-machine-learning-mishaps-in-the-real-world-26bd58692195#802b" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><em>Image Generation</em></a><br />
<strong><em>(5) </em></strong><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/when-ai-goes-astray-high-profile-machine-learning-mishaps-in-the-real-world-26bd58692195#bfc3" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><em>Natural Language Processing</em></a><br />
<strong><em>(6) </em></strong><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/when-ai-goes-astray-high-profile-machine-learning-mishaps-in-the-real-world-26bd58692195#ead8" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><em>Recommendation Systems</em></a></p>
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<p><strong><em>A comprehensive compilation of high-profile machine learning mishaps can be found in the following GitHub repo called Failed-ML:</em></strong></p>
<h2><a href="https://github.com/kennethleungty/Failed-ML?source=post_page-----26bd58692195--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub — kennethleungty/Failed-ML: Compilation of high-profile real-world examples</a></h2>
<p><a href="https://github.com/kennethleungty/Failed-ML?source=post_page-----26bd58692195--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">github.com</a></p>
<h1><em>(1) Classic Machine Learning</em></h1>
<h2>Headline</h2>
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