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Accuracy is not the top objective in these systems, fairness is.
by edmundsauto 7y ago
Accuracy is not the top objective in these systems, fairness is.
- s1artibartfast 7y agoIn this example, what is fairness, if not the most accurate prediction possible?
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoEspecially when you consider fairness to the community at large. Is it fair to black neighborhoods if we send proportionally more expected recidivist drug dealers and rapists back into their communities than we do to white communities?
- unlinked_dll 7y agoThe effect of its use on policy.
- s1artibartfast 7y agoThat is incredibly vague. What effect and what policy?
- Dylan16807 7y agoJust to start with: 1. Not punishing someone for the sins of their family. 2. Not punishing someone for the unfair treatment that their family suffered in the past.
- edmundsauto 7y agoFairness is judging a case based on its merits, rather than correlations between other dimensions that are connected with systematic bias. I should be judged based on the interpretation of my situation, not because someone who lives in a similar neighborhood was previously a bad bet.