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This is an excellent point. I can foresee a world where ML becomes a sort of "bias laundering." "Nobody knows why the machine learning module denied black peop

by rland 7y ago

This is an excellent point. I can foresee a world where ML becomes a sort of "bias laundering." "Nobody knows why the machine learning module denied black people a mortgage 43% more frequently than whites, but it's 'AI' shrug" One of the biggest priorities as we shape this future needs to be a way not only for the algos to make correct decisions, but also the ability for us to interrogate the decision-making process so we can be proactive about the kind of future we want this technology to give us. Because it is coming, without a doubt.

toyg 7y ago
"Foresee"? "Coming"? The example you mentioned is already with us. Insurance companies and lenders already use computerized models with problematic outcomes, which are completely opaque: https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1307&context=all_fac https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic... "AI" is just speeding up processes that started in the 1970s.