Tag: Discriminatory Practices
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Locked Out by Big Data: How Big Data, Algorithms and Machine Learning May Undermine Housing Justice
Artificial Intelligence, Discriminatory Practices, Facebook, Fair Housing Act, Housing Discrimination, RedliningAuthor: Valerie Schneider; Publisher: Columbia Human Rights Law Review; Publication Year: 2020. The following article is a very granular deep dive into how artificial intelligence (AI) can lead to discrimination in housing and how this…
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Best Practices for Avoiding AI Biases in Data and Why It’s Important
Author: Sunil Yadav; Publisher: Baseline; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how technology is created by humans and often reflects human biases. It is important to prioritize having unbiased artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and…
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How Racial Bias in Tech Has Developed the “New Jim Code”
Artificial Intelligence, Biased AI, Discriminatory Practices, Facial Recognition Systems, Human Bias, Machine Learning, Unethical AIAuthor: Sarah E. Bon, Nyasha Junior; Publisher: Hyperallergic; Publication Year: 2020. The following article explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in artistic research and reconstructions. Specifically, the authors explore the hidden…
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Understanding Data Bias
Biased Data, Data Collection, Data Modeling, Discriminatory Practices, Omitted Variable Bias, Response BiasAuthor: 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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The Biases We Feed to Tinder Algorithms
Author: N/A; Publisher: Diggit Magazine; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how algorithms play a crucial role in overall participation in public life. When it comes to apps similar to Tinder, scholars stress the…
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Racial Equity and Data Science
Author: MIT IDSS; Publisher: MIT Political Science; Publication Year: 2022. The following article features the Research Initiative on Combating Systematic Racism (ICSR) who’s goal is to seed and coordinate research used to identify racially discriminatory…
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Benefits and Ethical Challenges in Data Science — COMPAS and Smart Meters
Author: Maximillian Hofer; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2018. The following article mentions some ethical challenges or issues with companies having large amounts of data on individuals. While using these large amounts of data can provide…