Tag: Predictions
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Bringing Principles of Ethics to AI and Drug Design
Artificial Intelligence, Chemical Compound Data, Drug Development, Historical Medical Data, Machine Learning, Medication Research, PredictionsAuthor: Helen Santoro; Publisher: Scope; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) has proven potent in analyzing historical medical data, chemical compound data, and using it to predict viable treatments. As…
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How an Algorithm Meant to Help Parents Could Target Poor Families Instead
Algorithm, Child Welfare, Data Collection, Pennsylvania, Policing, Predictions, Universally Available DataAuthor: Elizabeth Brico; Publisher: Talk Poverty; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses an algorithm that is being implemented in Allegheny County, PA that is intended to assist its child welfare programs by predicting which…
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The Ethical Data Scientist
Author: Cathy O’Neil; Publisher: Slate; Publication Year: 2016. The following article discusses when deciding which variables to include in a model, some factors (race, etc.) can be easily excluded to ensure that racial bias in…
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What Gets Counted Counts
Author: Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein; Publisher: MIT Press; Publication Year: 2020. The following book chapter considers how within data science, practitioners are used to seeing the world in 1s and 0s – in fact,…
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Reducing Bias in AI-Based Financial Services
Accuracy, Artificial Intelligence, Banking & Finance, Bias, Data Governance, Data Governance Programs, Discrimination, Ethical Data Frameworks, Fairness, Gender, Machine Learning, Modeling, Predictions, RaceAuthor: Aaron Klein; Publisher: The Brookings Institution; Publication Year: 2020. The following paper goes in depth regarding why establishing and maintaining proper data governance programs and ethical data frameworks are so important to financial institutions.…