(Un)Objective Machines: A Look at Historical Bias in Machine Learning

A deep dive into biases in machine learning, with a focus on historical (or social) biases.

Humans are biased. To anyone who has had to deal with bigoted individuals, unfair bosses, or oppressive systems — in other words, all of us — this is no surprise. We should thus welcome machine learning models which can help us to make more objective decisions, especially in crucial fields like healthcare, policing, or employment, where prejudiced humans can make life-changing judgements which severely …

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