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Re:Stealing Ur Feelings by rland on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:46PM (#21340227)
This is an excellent point. I can foresee a world where ML becomes a sort of "bias laundering."

"Nobody knows why the machine learning module denied black people a mortgage 43% more frequently than whites, but it's 'AI' shrug"

One of the biggest priorities as we shape this future needs to be a way not only for the algos to make correct decisions, but also the ability for us to interrogate the decision-making process so we can be proactive about the kind of future we want this technology to give us.

Because it is coming, without a doubt.

Re:Stealing Ur Feelings by toyg on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @08:22PM (#21340468)
"Foresee"? "Coming"? The example you mentioned is already with us. Insurance companies and lenders already use computerized models with problematic outcomes, which are completely opaque: https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic...

"AI" is just speeding up processes that started in the 1970s.