Linkblog

Posted on December 8, 2019 by jjn1

• Biased Algorithms Are Easier to Fix Than Biased People Fascinating study which rather goes against the grain. Researchers studied bias in human-mediated and algorithmically-mediated health diagnosis. Both showed racial bias. But the algorithmic bias was easier to spot, and is potentially fixable. Is this the case with human bias? Er, …
• The thing is, HI (Human Intelligence) isn’t all it’s cracked up to be “Humans may be a powerful technology with great potential. But until we have developed human decision-making systems that comply with some basic principles, we risk substantial harm.”
• The Sinosphere vs the Anglosphere Two Cultures that can’t get on with one another.
• Guess what: Young people don’t make the best entrepreneurs Zuckerbergism is a delusion of tech undergraduates and the lazier segments of mass media. Who knew?