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Re:To study possibly racist algorithms, professors have to s... by toehead2000 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:32PM (#12003599)
Unfortunately whatever algorithm computers come up with to assess creditworthiness is going to be "racist" by the broad disparate impact definition of racism that the government uses. Ironically, the algorithms will have to be made actually racist to correct for this.
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