IBPS PO 2025 · Question 34 of 200

According to the passage, why might a predictive algorithm associate risk with factors that correlate with race, even without race as an explicit input?

1. ABecause defendants voluntarily disclose their race during bail hearings
2. BBecause all algorithms are inherently incapable of processing demographic data
3. CBecause judges manually adjust the algorithm's output based on race
4. DBecause the algorithm is trained on historical data reflecting uneven policing intensity across neighbourhoodsCorrect
5. EBecause algorithm developers deliberately programme racial bias into the system