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>> experts warn that algorithms could introduce racial or other illegal biases > There was literally no expert quoted in the article who asserted such a thing.
by omegalulw 5y ago
>> experts warn that algorithms could introduce racial or other illegal biases
> There was literally no expert quoted in the article who asserted such a thing.
This is exceedingly harsh. Look at regulation on the credit card industry on what data you can and cannot use to make credit decisions. Algorithms can certainly have bias - that's not a disputed fact - and without careful screening of the data and the models you will quite likely have biases. So the article isn't unfair in making that statement.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoAlgorithms have bias', sure. (1) Do they have more or less bias than the humans performing the current review process? (2) Is there a way to make their decision making process less opaque than it is now, to reduce the level of bias in their decision making process? - I know there has been some work done in this area (a) though it isn't as fast as many would like to see. (a) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-020-00276-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-020-00276-4