[kictanet] How-biased-computer-engineers-affect-lives/

[Alex Comninos]

Thanks for sharing this. Its a very important topic and a great discussion to have

I have recently written with Martin Konzett, on AI algorithmic transparency and the explainability of systems. We propose looking deeper than the algorithms and the use of the term “system transparency”:

Comninos & Konzett. 2018. FABRICS: Emerging AI Readiness

https://vous.ai/FABRICS-Emerging-AI-Readiness-Comninos-Konzett-First-Edition-2018-LQ.pdf


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> On 16 Sep 2018, at 18:03, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/How-biased-computer-engineers-affect-lives/440808-4760898-q1f0ax/index.html
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> Cathy O’Neil, a bestselling author and a data scientist appropriately refers to biased computer systems as “weapons of math destruction”, because they use mathematical algorithms to ruin lives by placing them in buckets that they don’t belong.
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> Of course no system can be perfect and that’s why regularly auditing and updating them should be part of a system engineer’s modus operandi.
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> Be blessed.
> Regards/Wangari
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