Tag: Biased Data

How Cops Are Using Algorithms to Predict Crimes

Biased Data, Crime Rates, Los Angeles, Predictive Algorithms, Predictive Policing, Racial Profiling

Author: N/A; Publisher: Wired; Publication Year: 2018. The following video discusses how cops in Los Angeles (& many places) are using predictive algorithms in policing. Proponents say it is effective at reducing crime, but many…
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Big Data Ethics and Politics: Toward New Understandings

Biased Data, Big Data, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Data Misuse, Data Usage

Author: Wenhong Chen, Anabel Quan-Haase; Publisher: Social Science Computer Review; Publication Year: 2018. The following article addresses new issues created by big data, such as biases, subjectivities, and forms of oppression. They define 4 major…
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Handling Data Bias

AI for Good, Artificial Intelligence, Biased Data, Biased Implementation, Biased Models

Author: Vidhi Chugh; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2021. The following article describes how as a data scientist, if you want the product you are working on to be “[artificial intelligence (AI)] for good,” then it…
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Why the World Needs More Women Data Scientists

Biased Data, Gender Gap, Policy Making, Representation

Author: Ugonma Nwankwo, Michael Pisa; Publisher: Center for Global Development; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how evidence-based policy making is ineffective when it relies on biased information, a potential source for this is…
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Man is to Computer Programmer as Woman is to Homemaker? Debiasing Word Embeddings

Biased Data, Debiasing, Google, Machine Learning, Stereotypes

Author: Tolga Bolukbasi, Kai-Wei Chang, James Zou, et al.; Publisher: Arxiv; Publication Year: 2016. The following article discusses how machine learning applied blindly runs the risk of amplifying biases in data. Word embedding, a popular…
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AI-Powered ‘Genderify’ Platform Shut Down After Bias-Based Backlash

Artificial Intelligence, Biased Data, Gender Bias, Genderify, Twitter

Author: N/A; Publisher: Synced; Publication Year: 2020. The following news article talks about Genderify, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool designed to identify a person’s gender by analyzing their name, username or email address — has…
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Responsible AI: Data Science and Ethics with Dr. Rumman Chowdhury

Artificial Intelligence, Biased Data, Ethical Data Culture, Ethical Implementation, Fairness

Author: Rumman Chowdhury; Publisher: Accenture Technology; Publication Year: 2019. In the following video, Dr. Ruman Chowdury explains how “[artificial intelligence (AI)] is information about people meant to understand trends about human behavior.” There are 2…
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Can We Protect AI from Our Biases?

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Biased Algorithms, Biased Data, Criminal Justice System, Gender Bias, IBM, Tay, Training Data, Unbiased Algorithms, Unconscious Bias, Watson

Author: Robin Hauser; Publisher: TED; Publication Year: N/A. In the following talk, Robin Hauser talks about unconscious bias in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. As part of producing her new movie about unconscious bias, she became…
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Understanding Data Bias

Biased Data, Data Collection, Data Modeling, Discriminatory Practices, Omitted Variable Bias, Response Bias

Author: Prabhakar Krishnamurthy; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how most datasets suffer from bias which can affect conclusions drawn from the data in a way that is discriminatory. This paper describes…
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