Algorithmic Bias (24)

Algorithms selectively favoring certain groups or demographics.

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  • Farnam Street Blog
  • 2021
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A Primer on Algorithms and Bias

Discusses the main lessons from two recent books explaining how algorithmic bias occurs and how it may be ameliorated. Essentially, algorithms are little more than mathematical operations, but their lack of transparency and the bad, unrepresentative data sets which train them mean their pervasive use becomes dangerous.

  • Farnam Street Blog
  • 2021
  • 7 min
  • Venture Beat
  • 2021
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Center for Applied Data Ethics suggests treating AI like a bureaucracy

As machine learning algorithms become more deeply embedded in all levels of society, including governments, it is critical for developers and users alike to consider how these algorithms may shift or concentrate power, specifically as it relates to biased data. Historical and anthropological lenses are helpful in dissecting AI in terms of how they model the world, and what perspectives might be missing from their construction and operation.

  • Venture Beat
  • 2021
  • 7 min
  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2020
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Why 2020 was a pivotal, contradictory year for facial recognition

This article examines several case studies from the year of 2020 to discuss the widespread usage, and potential for limitation, of facial recognition technology. The author argues that its potential for training and identification using social media platforms in conjunction with its use by law enforcement is dangerous for minority groups and protestors alike.

  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2020
  • 7 min
  • The New Republic
  • 2020
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Who Gets a Say in Our Dystopian Tech Future?

The narrative of Dr. Timnit Gebru’s termination from Google is inextricably bound with Google’s irresponsible practices with training data for its machine learning algorithms. Using large data sets to train Natural Language Processing algorithms is ultimately a harmful practice because for all the harms to the environment and biases against certain languages it causes, machines still cannot fully comprehend human language.

  • The New Republic
  • 2020
  • 4 min
  • VentureBeat
  • 2020
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Researchers Find that Even Fair Hiring Algorithms Can Be Biased

A study on the engine of TaskRabbit, an app which uses an algorithm to recommend the best workers for a specific task, demonstrates that even algorithms which attempt to account for fairness and parity in representation can fail to provide what they promise depending on different contexts.

  • VentureBeat
  • 2020
  • 15 min
  • Hidden Switch
  • 2018
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Monster Match

A hands-on learning experience about the algorithms used in dating apps through the perspective of a created monster avatar.

  • Hidden Switch
  • 2018
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