Does AI have the same biases as the people who created it?

The most depressing thing about modern existence is that science is gaining knowledge more quickly than society is gaining wisdom.” Anis Asimov This is a repost of a ReadWrite article. It could seem that data is just a collection of objective facts, like the information found in a history book, scientific article, or survey results. If properly sourced, the data should represent the unvarnished hard truth free from prejudices, viewpoints, and beliefs. This is rarely the case in practice. This is an example of how AI can be as biased as the people who created it.