Tag: Bias
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Coders’ dilemmas: The challenge of developing unbiased algorithms
[By Samarth Gupta] The 21st century has seen the rapid rise of algorithms to control, manage, analyze, and perform any number of operations on data and information. Some believe that decision-making processes can be significantly improved by delegating tasks to algorithms, thereby minimizing human cognitive biases. As Tobias Baer argues: “The rise of algorithms is […]
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Design for one: Centering the inadequacy of technology
[By Chinar Mehta] The first computer in my own home, years ago, was kept in the only room with air conditioning; my parents’ bedroom. The tangle of wires positioned my parents as the authority in the household – there was nothing we could do on the “personal” computer that could escape their notice. Few of […]
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