Algorithmic Bias- Preventing Unfairness in your Algorithms

Amazon's hiring algorithm penalized female applicants. Learn how to prevent your systems from amplifying historical bias and creating unfair outcomes.

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How a hiring algorithm learned to be biased against women

An automated hiring tool failed because its training data, based on a male-dominated workforce, taught it to penalize female candidates.

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Uncovering racial and gender bias in facial recognition

The Gender Shades project revealed that commercial facial recognition systems have significantly higher error rates for dark-skinned women, leading to misidentification.

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How exam grading algorithms penalize students unfairly

Algorithms used to predict student exam scores during the pandemic unfairly downgraded high-achieving students from historically underperforming schools.

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The impact of bias and the need for future regulation

Algorithmic bias leads to real-world discrimination, and government regulations similar to GDPR may be necessary to ensure ethical AI development.

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Preventing bias by starting with data and designing for fairness

The first steps to mitigate bias are acknowledging its existence, performing exploratory data analysis, and incorporating fairness into the design phase.

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Creating an ethical framework for trustworthy AI

The European Union's guidelines for trustworthy AI provide a seven-point framework covering human oversight, transparency, fairness, and accountability.

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Increasing team diversity to counter groupthink and find bias

Diverse teams with varied backgrounds and perspectives are crucial for challenging assumptions, fostering innovation, and identifying potential biases early.

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Recap of key problems and four prevention strategies

A summary of how biased algorithms cause discrimination and the four key strategies to prevent it: analyzing data, designing for fairness, using ethical frameworks, and building diverse teams.