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Why do I have a feeling that the way these laws will work will be to add some "academicaly derived, politcaly approved" bias to certain machine learning models
by OneGuy123 7y ago
Why do I have a feeling that the way these laws will work will be to add some "academicaly derived, politcaly approved" bias to certain machine learning models to push the results in the "correct" direction?
- subjectsigma 7y agoThat's an unnecessarily cyncial and contrarian view. It's 2020, regulating software and data is a thing (copyright, HIPAA, GDPR, etc). It's about time we get on to regulating software design. We wouldn't regulate drivers and not regulate car manufacturers.
- kian 7y agoAnd yet, we also wouldn’t demand car manufacturers change how they build a car because races, sexes, or genders differentially purchase, say, lexuses vs hondas.
- planetzero 7y agoI agree with this. I saw an article awhile back detailing issues with bank loan algorithms. Although race/gender weren't a determination, it looked at credit scores and ability to pay the lone back. The majority of minorities fell into this category and the algorithm was deemed 'racist'. Fixing the algorithm will not solve the problem and more likely than not, it will make the loan system unstable for everyone by giving out loans to people that can't afford them and most likely will never pay them back.