A lot of what Sedghi is saying about definitions of fairness echoes my own research regarding how different academics define algorithmic bias. There is a large

A lot of what Sedghi is saying about definitions of fairness echoes my own research regarding how different academics define algorithmic bias. There is a large class of academics who would say that algorithmic bias is simply a data problem but I believe if we ignore the societal element then we don't properly account for many examples of algorithmic bias. I write a bit more about how to define algorithmic bias here: http://aaronlspringer.com/algobias-overview/ http://aaronlspringer.com/algobias-overview/