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Data & SocietyPredictive policing systems are increasingly used by law enforcement to try to prevent crime before it occurs. But what happens when these systems are trained using biased data? Machine learning algorithms ar... Read moreNovember 2016 -
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MIT Technology ReviewD&S affiliate Sorelle Friedler, with Nicholas Diakopoulos, discuss five principles to hold algorithmic systems accountable. Recent investigations show that risk assessment algorithms can be racially biased, generating scor... Read on MIT Technology ReviewNovember 2016 -
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ALDE GroupD&S founder danah boyd spoke at the Algorithmic Accountability and Transparency in the Digital Economy panel at the EU Parliament. Read on ALDE GroupNovember 2016 -
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PointsD&S researcher Jacob Metcalf adds his perspective to the D&S Weapons of Math Destruction response. "Algorithms not only model, they also create. For researchers grappling with the ethics of data analytics, these feed... Read on PointsNovember 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Anne L. Washington published a Points piece responding to Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "Complex models with high stakes require rigorous periodic taste tests. Unfortunately most organizations us... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S practitioner-in-residence Mark Van Hollebeke discusses Weapons of Math Destruction in this Points piece. "O’Neil’s analysis doesn’t just apply to mathematical models; it applies to societal models. Most of the WMDs t... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Ravi Shroff examines Cathy O'Neil's analysis of criminal justice algorithms, like predictive policing. "There are a few minor mischaracterizations and omissions in this chapter of Weapons of Math Destruction t... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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Data & SocietyAs algorithms increasingly mediate education, employment, consumer credit, and the criminal justice system, how do we measure their impact on our society? Tracing her experiences as a mathematician an... Read moreOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Mark Ackerman develops a checklist to address the sociotechnical issues demonstrated in Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "These checklist items for socio-technical design are all important for polic... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S affiliate Angèle Christin writes a response piece to Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "One of the most striking findings of my research so far is that there is often a major gap between what the top admini... Read on PointsOctober 2016