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And in three years we'll get leaked data showing there's a racial disparity in ratings, and there'll be some lawsuit about the racist algorithm.
by DanBC 7y ago
And in three years we'll get leaked data showing there's a racial disparity in ratings, and there'll be some lawsuit about the racist algorithm.
- Verdex 7y agoThe thing is though that the ratings are given by humans. No algorithms here. Which means there are almost definitely going to be racial disparity. Even if we assume the ultimate ideal of nobody who uses uber is a racist, cognitive biases are a real thing and you're not going to be able to stamp them out in the large.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoAlgorithms do not create racism out of thin air, all the racial preferences are in the data. This didn't stop a bunch of projects from becoming crucified in the media recently.
- noelsusman 7y agoAlgorithms don't run themselves. Humans chose to make them and chose to ignore bias in their data.
- anchpop 7y agoI read an MIT study which said Uber pays women less than men, and they pay according to an algorithm that does not use sex as a factor. Would you have anticipated a lawsuit there?