10 things we should all demand from Big Tech right now
/We need an algorithmic bill of rights. AI experts helped us write one./
By Sigal Samuel <https://www.vox.com/authors/sigal-samuel> Updated May
29, 2019, 9:30am EDT
A woman’s job application is rejected because of a recruiting algorithm
<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight/amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK08G>
that favors men’s résumés. A girl dies by suicide after graphic images
of self-harm are pushed up on her feed by social media algorithms
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/technology/instagram-self-harm-ban.html>.
A black teen steals something and gets rated high-risk for committing
future crime by an algorithm used in courtroom sentencing
<https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing>,
while a white man steals something of similar value and gets rated low-risk.
In recent years, advances in computer science have yielded algorithms so
powerful that their creators have presented them as tools that can help
us make decisions more efficiently and impartially. But the idea that
algorithms are unbiased is a fantasy; in fact, they still end up
reflecting human biases. And as they become ever more ubiquitous, we
need to get clear on what they should — and should not — be allowed to do.
In a new book, /A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence/
<https://www.amazon.com/Humans-Guide-Machine-Intelligence-Algorithms/dp/0525560882?ascsubtag=[]vx[p]18037325[t]w[r]t.co[d]D>,
Kartik Hosanagar, a University of Pennsylvania technology professor,
argues we need an algorithmic bill of rights to protect us from the many
risks AI is introducing into our lives, alongside the various benefits.
People <https://ainowinstitute.org/reports.html> have
<https://www.pnas.org/content/113/48/13538.full> called
<https://www.amazon.com/Data-People-Make-Post-Privacy-Economy/dp/0465044697/ref=sr_1_1?ascsubtag=[]vx[p]18037325[t]w[r]t.co[d]D&keywords=data
for the people&qid=1552847226&s=books&sr=1-1> for
<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2017_joint_statement_algorithms.pdf>
such protections in the past, and in April, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and
Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Algorithmic Accountability Act
<https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Algorithmic%20Accountability%20Act%20of%202019%20Bill%20Text.pdf>.
If passed, it would require companies to audit their algorithms for bias
and discrimination
<https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18304960/congress-algorithmic-accountability-act-wyden-clarke-booker-bill-introduced-house-senate>.
Some AI experts praised it as a “great first step”
<https://twitter.com/aselbst/status/1116350971351896065?utm_campaign=the_algorithm.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71709273&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8aFosiqXCDYTiQPOUojldYRO-WlxIFMpL_Hb3fKzy7w12ZYDqEsCZe8PHjST-fcxT7YuGD5LnqeY-bRfoGt3E-x0X6FA&_hsmi=71709273>
but noted that it leaves a number of concerns unaddressed.
All this got me wondering: Which demands, exactly, belong on an
algorithmic bill of rights?
So I reached out to 10 experts (including Hosanagar) who are at the
forefront of investigating how AI risk is creeping into the mundane
aspects of life as well as high-stakes fields like immigration,
medicine, and criminal justice. I asked them each to name a protection
the public needs enshrined in law.
Allow me to present the result: a crowdsourced algorithmic bill of rights.
[...]
continua qui:
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/22/18273284/ai-algorithmic-bill-of-rights-accountability-transparency-consent-bias
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