Hetan's right. #Transparency alone is insufficient, and his combined proposals provide a far better framing for how to achieve #AlgorithmicAccountability.
A few thoughts:
On #piloting, or what in medicine would be called #ClinicalTrials, to check solely for #bias is missing...
A few thoughts:
On #piloting, or what in medicine would be called #ClinicalTrials, to check solely for #bias is missing...
https://twitter.com/HetanShah/status/1298681004295675909
...the point. #Bias is just one side-effect; trials must (in stages) test for any and all - so the general approach must attend first to #safety (including 'rights impacts'), then to #efficacy, then #effectiveness.
While I agree publishing models may be of limited use, it is...
While I agree publishing models may be of limited use, it is...
...still important that they are - if only to establish the principle that they can be forensically analysed when something has gone wrong, not hidden behind '#CommercialConfidentiality', etc.
Publishing the #provenance of the training dataset, and assumptions, is vital however!
Publishing the #provenance of the training dataset, and assumptions, is vital however!
Ongoing #monitoring (in medical terms, Phase 4 trialling / #pharmacovigilance) is a must-have.
As recent events have shown, it's really only once we see how #algorithms play out on millions of people's lives that we truly understand them. And in this we should be guided by...
As recent events have shown, it's really only once we see how #algorithms play out on millions of people's lives that we truly understand them. And in this we should be guided by...
...#MarthasTalisman* - counterfactuals too.
The weaknesses of #GDPR on both "solely" automated and #redress (not to mention a supine #regulator) may be fixable, but we can't afford to wait for the legislators on this one. We'll see you in Court...
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*medconfidential.org/2017/remember-…
The weaknesses of #GDPR on both "solely" automated and #redress (not to mention a supine #regulator) may be fixable, but we can't afford to wait for the legislators on this one. We'll see you in Court...
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*medconfidential.org/2017/remember-…
Finally #governance. Some would be nice! But, like '#ethics' in AI, it's still sorely lacking for all that it's talked about.
Maybe all the failed efforts should be examined for common characteristics* that should be avoided next time?
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*or characters: news.sky.com/story/chair-of…
Maybe all the failed efforts should be examined for common characteristics* that should be avoided next time?
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*or characters: news.sky.com/story/chair-of…
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