I get this question pretty regularly, but I bet a lot of you have good suggestions.https://twitter.com/gretared/status/821880515544236032 …
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that I get. But, what about when algorithms inherit biases. What can/should I as an advocate for users do?
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So that's not an ethical dilemma; that's an ethical failure. As far as users go, the typical: demand consent, demand harm analysis
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Algorithmic inplementations are no different than e.g. a clinical trial, really. The basic principles of med ethics are good start
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so useless too. no solution to the trolley problem could ever actually be implemented as computer code
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won't self-driving cars have to deal with very similar challenges? hit bus full of nuns vs turn to ram into wall, etc?
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can you even begin to answer that question, much less turn it into a reliable algorithm?
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can I? hell no!
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lol, well, I don't think anybody can
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and yet when scenario happens car will do... something
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In general that is the actual mathematically provable nature of computer programs. You can't know what they do until they run.
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your humane tech blog! Am researching ethical dilemmas designers will face as we design for algorithms & automation. Thoughts?