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there are a lot of variables that go into determining a credit score. in this particular case, i could imagine that in his role as partner as Basecamp there is
by ibero 7y ago
there are a lot of variables that go into determining a credit score.
in this particular case, i could imagine that in his role as partner as Basecamp there is a longer "credit trail" attributed to him just from a business operational standpoint beyond his joint family tax filing. that alone could explain the discrepancy between him and his wife beyond sexism.
- felideon 7y agoExplaining the sexism away does not make it less sexist or defensible. The point is the algorithm has a sexist bias, as multiple anecdotes show.
- buzzkillington 7y ago>The point is the algorithm has a sexist bias, as multiple anecdotes show. By definition anecdotes prove nothing. Until there is statistically significant evidence of sexism this is just hearsay and your post gets close to slander. In this case it will be absolutely trivial to check. Just feed in the same data for the same person only with the gender flipped.
- bjtitus 7y agoThe whole point of the original tweet was to point potential systemic gender bias in the algorithm. The argument here is that the black box algorithm may produce sexist results whether gender is included or not. While there may only be anecdotes at this point, there should be some investigation and discussion into whether bias may occur toward particular classes outside of explicit gender checks. Seems like that would be done by comparing the allowed limits with gender, race, etc. and considering why the algorithm may unnecessarily limit those classes on a broad scale.
- FDSGSG 7y agoCould you share this compelling evidence that the algorithm has a sexist bias?
- zimpenfish 7y agoLater on the in the thread, he points out that his wife has a higher credit rating than he does which seems to undercut this theory? https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1192945760909676544 https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1192945760909676544