AI Weekly: Facebook’s discriminatory ad targeting illustrates the dangers of biased algorithms
This summer has been littered with stories about algorithms gone awry. For one example, a recent study found evidence Facebook’s ad platform may discriminate against certain demographic groups. The team of coauthors from Carnegie Mellon University say the biases exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities, an insight applicable to a broad swath of…
bubmagAugust 28, 2020