That doesn’t address the issue. Computers execute stored human knowledge. If that knowledge contains bias, then computers can absolutely propagate that and amplify it.

So yea, inequality is a social problem, but it is amplified by technical problems. We’ve seen this time and time again, the Internet at large being the most glaring example.

We shouldn’t ignore this amplification effect while we wait to solve the social problems. Furthermore, computers are often viewed as some unbiased decision machine, which makes the problems worse.