CODING OUT IMPLICIT BIAS WITH AI By Sarah Kellogg N o longer just a powerful productivity tool in law firms, artificial intelligence (AI) and smart algorithms are being enlisted to combat one of society's most entrenched and thorny problems: the implicit bias found in human decision making. The promise of the latest applications of AI is that it can somehow wash away the hidden bias that too frequently pervades institutional judgments, such as weighing variables to determine whether certain individuals are eligible for a job, a bank loan, or parole. The potential here is enormous, the promise yet unproven, say observers. OCTOBER 2019 * WASHINGTON LAWYER 13