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Should Epic's algorithm be open to critique or is it IP that they can keep secret? If challenged should they be forced to explain it or at least provide the inp
by jtchang 5y ago
Should Epic's algorithm be open to critique or is it IP that they can keep secret? If challenged should they be forced to explain it or at least provide the inputs? It's worrisome to me that the process behind these numbers is fairly opaque and is going to get even so with ML. It's often fairly difficult even for data scientists to precisely explain their own algorithms and weights that produce an output.
- maj0rhn 5y agoMy money is that they will have to disclose inputs, if for no other reason than to address the uncertainty about race as a possible input.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoThe article suggests that they're already providing the inputs, "a list of the variables used to calculate the index and a rough estimate of each variable’s impact on the score".
- prox 5y agoThere is an interesting Star Trek Voyager episode Critical Care where people were helped by an AI depending on their social status. I believe they hacked the weights so everyone got a treatment in a part of the episode.
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