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I'm aware of the theory. But algorithms are another way to formally provide equality of opportunity. The algo formally encodes "admit the best students" or "gi
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
I'm aware of the theory. But algorithms are another way to formally provide equality of opportunity.
The algo formally encodes "admit the best students" or "give out loans to the best credit risks". That's what it does. Maybe your ad-hoc procedure will be reproduced, maybe not.
My belief is that "equality of opportunity" is a lie, just a smokescreen to gain equal outcomes, and automated formalism is a threat to this.
- sp332 10y agoYour algorithm would take literally any form of discrimination that had been applied to a student so far in their lives as a signal to discriminate against them even further. It wouldn't look at the reasons a student's grades were low and consider whether it was their "merits".
- yummyfajitas 10y agoYes, if your actual goal is some sort of compensation for historical wrongs, you need to openly admit that and formally encode it in your algorithm. That's formalism.