Re:Machine learning is fundamentally conservative
by MaxBarraclough on Saturday January 04, 2020 @02:05PM
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> assume that there are no intrinsic differences between protected groups, and any difference in the data is the legacy of past discrimination.
I don't see why we should assume that this would reflect reality.
If a law has racist roots, i.e. if it is written to target a particular ethnicity, then we should expect that certain ethnicities really do break that law more than others.
I don't see why we should assume that this would reflect reality.
If a law has racist roots, i.e. if it is written to target a particular ethnicity, then we should expect that certain ethnicities really do break that law more than others.