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At The Guardian, Cathy O'Neil writes about why algorithms can be wrong. She classifies the reasons into four categories on a spectrum ranging from unintential errors to outright malfeasance. As algorithms now make a large portion of the decisions affecting our lives, scrutiny is ever more important and she provides multiple examples in each category of their impact.
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How Can We Stop Algorithms From Lying?
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 17 2017, @05:34PM (11 children)
Empathy is no protection against vile and reprehensible actions if you are selective in who you empathize with. Witness antifa. Witness violent, hate-filled, third-wave feminists. Witness every SJW ever. All claim empathy as the reason for their vile actions.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:41PM (3 children)
I think you have failed to understand empathy, also one can have empathy with people and still resist them when they attack you, this should be obvious but you I have noticed have a problem with empathy
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 17 2017, @08:15PM (2 children)
See, right there you think you're empathizing with me but in reality you're failing miserably. You see what you want to see instead of what is.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @09:28PM (1 child)
I see your actions and your statements, I should see something else? I think your trolltastic but that isn't empathy I don't know you, and a radical fascist position over the internet is not likely to make me , but unlike you I leave hunting you down and killing you to locals that know what you are personally
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday July 18 2017, @02:07AM
I really think you need to look up the definition of fascist. Then look in a mirror and make a frank and earnest assessment of your own words and actions.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:45PM (6 children)
Yeah, if only everyone could be a disingenuous selfish prick like you!!! The world would be perfect as everyone operates on a series of contracts that magically fix everything.
"No no guys, I'm OK because I admit to being an asshole!"
You cons are such scared little pussies buying into so much propaganda. You are the dumbest person ever.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:56PM (2 children)
You're just jealous because you have no prick, and can't get pricked. You lie awake at night, dreaming of prick, and no one will share theirs with you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @06:07PM
So your saying that like Turing he feels oppressed and excluded by arbitrary criteria defined by people that wielded power with no regard for the harm they cause?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @06:28PM
Oh it burrrrrns!
I like how the level of insults matches the level of intelligence.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 17 2017, @08:30PM (2 children)
4/10
Concise, quick, attacked on multiple fronts, and got a reply. Minus three points for lack of style, subtlety, and failure to get a reply to anything you actually said. Minus a further three mastery points that would have been awarded for expertly integrating combinations of the previous.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @09:33PM
Meh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @09:49PM
My question still stand and no one has given me a valid response why should comp sci and math people be allowed out of there parents basement without supervision of people with social skills and empathy ?