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That's why the grandparent mentioned feedback. Even if a disparity "aligns with reality", if the algorithm is used in a way that reinforces the disparity, then
by jakelazaroff 8y ago
That's why the grandparent mentioned feedback. Even if a disparity "aligns with reality", if the algorithm is used in a way that reinforces the disparity, then it's discriminatory. When designing algorithms as parts of systems, we need to be careful to not ossify statistics we're ostensibly just reflecting.