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by TeMPOraL 988 days ago
One person's well-documented AI bias is another man's good calibration with reality they don't want to accept.

Unintentional feedback loop amplifying the thing being measured is a problem, yes, but it doesn't stem from predictions themselves - it's decisions and actions informed by the predictions that can amplify the problem instead of reducing it.

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Yes, the real problem is using data that is effectively created by a model to further “refine” that model. That’s what closes the bias accumulation loop.

But those not in the know can and do assume that it’s a computer program, so it can’t be biased, which is not the case for predictive models.