Yesterday, NYT published a story announcing the news that I’d been nominated to take over a company that many in our space knew already: Rumman Chowdhury’s Parity. It should’ve been a moment of celebration for our company. But it wasn’t, because the reporter got it entirely wrong, erasing my friend…
A failure at Stanford teaches us the limits of medical algorithms
This story was co-authored by Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of Parity, an enterprise algorithmic audit platform company.
“The algorithm did it” has become a popular defense for powerful entities who turn to math to make complex moral choices. It’s an excuse that recalls a time when the public was content…
by Liz O’Sullivan and Susannah Shattuck
Last week, hundreds of Google workers shocked the world by announcing their unionizing efforts to the public. To those on the outside looking in, the fact that Google employees are organizing to make demands might be surprising — what could they possibly want, with…
How algorithmic fairness applies to recommendation systems beyond the classic “binary classifier” case.
As we turn to digital sources for news and entertainment, recommendation engines are increasingly influencing the daily experience of life, especially in a world where folks are encouraged to stay indoors. These systems are not just responsible for suggesting what we read or watch for fun, but also for doling…
The UK’s Data Protection Authority just issued much-anticipated guidance that clarifies the complicated issue of the GDPR’s ‘right to explanation’. Here is some background on the issue and what the new information means.
Ever since the enactment of the GDPR, many in the AI industry have been quietly worrying about the enforcement of some of the policy’s lesser-known provisions. EU governments have been hard at work extracting massive fines from businesses left and right for their privacy practices, where lawmakers have thus far…
Liz O'Sullivan
AI Activist, Pragmatic Pacifist, & Lover of Tinfoil Hats. VP Arthur AI (arthur.ai); Technology Director STOP (stopspying.org); Member ICRAC (.net). Views mine.
