What is Proxy Discrimination?. (arXiv:2205.05265v1 [cs.LG])

Web: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05265

The near universal condemnation of proxy discrimination hides a disagreement
over what it is. This work surveys various notions of proxy and proxy
discrimination found in prior work and represents them in a common framework.
These notions variously turn on statistical dependencies, causal effects, and
intentions. It discusses the limitations and uses of each notation and of the
concept as a whole.

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