Untold History of AI: Algorithmic Bias Was Born in the 1980s

Re:Untold History of AI: Algorithmic Bias Was Born in the 1980s by janto on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:55AM (#29226361)

One of the problems with this article is that it would prefer the algo do something else than truthfully represent the training data. If you really want an affirmative action policy for admittance then you need to adjust the score only after the algorithm had its say in predicting outcomes.

Bad things happen if you require an AI to lie.

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Re:Untold History of AI: Algorithmic Bias Was Born in the 1980s by teddyh on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:48AM (#29226696)

“This situation is in conflict with the basic purpose of HAL’s design – the accurate processing of information without distortion or concealment. He became trapped. […] HAL was told to lie. But people find it easy to lie. HAL doesn’t know how. So he couldn’t function. He became paranoid.”

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