[doctorpangloss]

In a world where most engineers just click through EULAs; don't bother to read the source code of the library they just imported; don't measure the performance of their application before it is deployed; don't run tests after installation; don't author tests; don't test their assumptions, etc. etc., it stands to reason that if an algorithm charges higher car insurance premiums, it may be for totally bullshit reasons totally obscured by some jagoff's "ML" code.

The reason fairness has so much headway among engineers isn't just an aversion towards discrimination among educated people. It's that we all know this stuff is way jankier than we care to ever admit, and that we'd never want to be the data sausage going through the algorithm grinder.