I focus on Facebook because it's consequential but also because it's a familiar example for computational decision-making. Issue is wider.
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But the clicks aren't organic! Give me an unfiltered newsfeed and then the trending topics will start from a more natural place.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I can't recommend this talk about newsfeed click-probability enough (by FB employee) https://twitter.com/bluechoochoo/status/688398054588743680 …pic.twitter.com/KzgCqDXKCD
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I watched it! It is fascinating, down to the hand-coded coefficients just because someone thought meh, 5 comments=1 likes.
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Why algorithmic accountability is key. "Predictive policing" that was innaccurate & racist. https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing …pic.twitter.com/qpuUgKgicn
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In this case, algorithms had benchmarks to check (re-offense rate) and we knew a variable to look for: race. Often, we have neither.
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