E&T Magazine: Can AI be used to tackle racism?

Artificial intelligence, used within the education sector and in the hiring process, prompts questions about its potential to do more good than harm.

Imagine if technology could warn teachers if a child was about to ‘kick off’. If an intelligent system could flag to staff that a combination of factors – a family row the night before, a missed breakfast, conflict with peers at school – meant that this child might need a different approach in class.