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How Can We Stop Algorithms From Lying?

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 17 2017, @03:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the swear-on-a-stack-of-K&Rs dept.

canopic jug writes:

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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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday July 17 2017, @06:23PM (4 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Monday July 17 2017, @06:23PM (#540448) Homepage Journal

    Protests are far more effective than lawsuits.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @06:47PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @06:47PM (#540472)

    What about forks, do forks work?

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday July 17 2017, @07:22PM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday July 17 2017, @07:22PM (#540500) Journal

      Only if you merge them back into the trunk.

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    • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday July 17 2017, @08:26PM (1 child)

      by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Monday July 17 2017, @08:26PM (#540537) Homepage Journal

      then if I fork it, will I have twice as much money?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @09:42PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @09:42PM (#540588)

        Your the banker I presume you can manipulate the code so it shows whatever like algorithms your just making it up ass you go along