When it comes to inclusion, artificial intelligence doesn’t have the best track record. As vast algorithms trained on troves of data scraped from the internet, AI models are inherently predisposed to reproducing human social biases.

It’s no surprise, then, that AI has a real knack for discrimination, often exacerbating prejudice on the basis of race, gender, and sexuality. And as one woman discovered during a demeaning trip to the DMV, AI systems are also quite capable of discriminating against those with disabilities.

In a story first reported by Wired, Connecticut native Autumn Gardiner’s task seemed easy, mundane — she had recently gotten married, and was at the DMV to update her license. To do so, officials needed to take a new photo, a simple process which quickly turned into a nigh

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