When Developers Can’t Explain Their AI, Laws No Longer Apply

The hows and whys of the decisions of machine-learning algorithms are increasingly opaque, even to their programmers. That makes laws and norms increasingly difficult to apply.

By Lynne Peskoe-Yang | May 23, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Health, Law, Prediction, Society | Accountability, AI, Algorithms, Asimov's Laws, Big Data, Black Boxes, Code, Corruption, Crime, Deep Learning, Efficiency, Fake News, Google, Harm, Health Care, Injustice, Isaac Asimov, Judgment, Law, Neural Networks, Palantir, Power, Predictive Policing, Programming, Racial Bias, Robots, Rules, Social Groups, Syntax, The Brain, Trust, Unintended Consequences

Podcast #14: Cathy O’Neil on the problem of algorithms

Mathematician Cathy O’Neil shares her insider’s look at how algorithms are gaming our world, with terrible consequences for those who can least afford them.

By Mo Lotman | December 13, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Education, Government, Media, Podcasts, Politics, Prediction, Society | Algorithms, Banking, Big Data, Black Box, College Rankings, COMPAS, Credit, Criminal Justice, Data Brokers, DE Shaw, Education, Facebook, Inequality, Internet, Julia Angwin, LSI-R, Math, Micro-Targeting, Optimization, Politics, Polling, Predatory Advertising, Racism, Recidivism, Risk, Scoring Systems, Teachers, Testing, Unfairness, US News & World Report, Value-Added Model, Websites

Want to Borrow Money? Then Let a Credit Startup Read Your Email

New online lenders promise funds for previously-ignored groups. The catch? Borrowers have to allow them to spy on everything they do and everyone they associate with.

By Tom O'Connell | October 4, 2017 | Economics, Ethics, Privacy | Algorithms, Banks, Big Data, Credit, Credit Industry, EFF, Email, Emerging Markets, Financial Services, Investment, Lenddo, Lending, Loans, Privacy, Social Media, Social-Media Credit, Spying, surveillance, Third World

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