>>“Designers, developers, and deployers of automated systems should take proactive and continuous measures **to protect individuals and communities from algorithmic discrimination** and **to use and design systems in an equitable way**,” the Blueprint states. “This protection should include **proactive equity assessments** as part of the system design, use of representative data and **protection against proxies for demographic features**, ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities in design and development, pre-deployment and ongoing disparity testing and mitigation, and clear organizational oversight.” Behold the Affirmative AI...