Programming and Prejudice

Friday, August 14, 2015 - 16:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Software may appear to operate without bias because it strictly uses computer code to reach conclusions. But a team of computer scientists from the University of Utah and elsewhere discovered a way to find out if an algorithm used for hiring decisions, loan approvals and comparably weighty tasks could be biased like a human being.

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