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> We should expect a machine learning system to act as a correlation-seeker [...], without a nuanced understanding of what prejudice means. One likely outcome
by dasil003 7y ago
> We should expect a machine learning system to act as a correlation-seeker [...], without a nuanced understanding of what prejudice means.
One likely outcome is that increased usage of ML will lay bare more gray-area correlations that force us to confront broader systematic prejudice in an uncomfortable way. Now whether we make material changes based on these discoveries or whether we leverage our significant ability for post-hoc rationalization to paper over the cognitive dissonance is another question entirely.
- moduspol 7y ago> more gray-area correlations that force us to confront broader systematic prejudice in an uncomfortable way Or, perhaps we discover that correlations don't necessarily point to systematic prejudice, and continue to argue over which correlations are more indicative of prejudice than others. Some point at the proportion of women in top software engineering job and claim prejudice in hiring. Others point at the hiring pool for top software engineering job and disagree. And around and around we go. Machine learning won't solve that.