Date:
Friday, March 8, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Philips Auditorium, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138
Readings:
- "AI can be sexist and racist — it’s time to make it fair" (Nature Comment): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05707-8
- The COMPAS case and the complexities of algorithmic bias, summarized by the Washington Post's "A computer program used for bail and sentencing decisions was labeled biased against blacks. It’s actually not that clear." (additional background reading, if desired, linked within): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/17/can-an-algorithm-be-racist-our-analysis-is-more-cautious-than-propublicas/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.057810f9ffdd
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