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The point is that "accountability of an algorithm" is a category error.
by TeMPOraL 2y ago
The point is that "accountability of an algorithm" is a category error.
- lucianbr 2y agoThat's reasonable. Let's just call it root cause analysis in this case. The original point seemed to me to be "we can't use computers because they're not accountable". I say, we can, because we can do fault analysis and fix what is wrong. I won't say "we can hold them accountable", to avoid the category error.
- sethammons 2y agoI think folks may have different interpretations of accountability. If your algorithm kills someone, is the accountability an improvement to the algorithm? A fine and no change to the algorithm? Imprisonment for related humans? Dissolution of some legal entity?