Machine Learning: Beware the Bias
Human biases can pollute the “objectivity” of machine learning algorithms, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of product innovation at C Space. Source: Machine Learning: Beware the Bias | DigitalNext – AdAge
AI picks up racial and gender biases when learning from what humans write
Artificial intelligence picks up racial and gender biases when learning language from text, researchers say. Without any supervision, a machine learning algorithm learns to associate female names more with family words than career words, and…
Researchers developed a facial photo-matching game that reverses racial bias in children
Children can learn to quiet their inner racist. Source: Researchers developed a facial photo-matching game that reverses racial bias in children — Quartz
Machine Bias in predicting future criminality
There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks. This is really, truly frightening. Links: States predict inmates’ future crimes with secretive surveys The New Science of Sentencing Source:…