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If you have to be able to review any decision manually that people complain about, that is significantly limiting. It means you can only write software to do th
by gaius 9y ago
If you have to be able to review any decision manually that people complain about, that is significantly limiting. It means you can only write software to do things humans can do
If you create an algorithm that by pure coincidence happens to discriminate against a protected class then any judge will take a dim view of you claiming to be unable to explain it.
I’d like to encourage everyone, even if just for fun, to insist on an explanation for every algorithmic decision they may be subjected to
- londons_explore 9y agoThe HN ranking algorithm ranked this comment below others. I demand a human explanation.
- geocar 9y agoWhat significant legal effects do you believe the HN ranking algorithm of that comment has concerning you directly?
- matte_black 9y agoDiscrimination.
- dominotw 9y agoDo you need significant legal effects(no quite sure what that means)?
- geocar 9y agoYes. Article 22[1] gives you the right to not be subject to a decision made solely by automated processing which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. [1]: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/
- omginternets 9y agoArguably, suppressing someone's voice on the internet can qualify.
- geofft 9y agoSpeaking in terms of engineering practice only, that genuinely seems like an entirely reasonable request—the mods might decline to answer for fear of informing voting rings how to be effective, but they should at least have an answer for themselves.