Flaws in AI are deciding your future. Here’s how to fix them.

In an op-ed, Associate Professor Rumi Chunara — Director of the Center for Health Data Science who also holds an appointment in NYU School of Global Public Health — argues that AI systems increasingly influence critical decisions in healthcare, policing, and urban planning, but often lack input from field experts, leading to biased outcomes and amplified inequities. Chunara advocates for AI education across all college disciplines to ensure responsible development. As she states: "Simply urging computer scientists to be 'ethical' without incorporating knowledge from other fields is insufficient, as ethical considerations require deep understanding of social, cultural, and human contexts."