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Lumifer comments on Fairness in machine learning decisions - Less Wrong Discussion

-2 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 05 August 2016 09:56AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 11 August 2016 08:51:42PM *  2 points [-]

I feel this all is a category error. You're trying to introduce terms from morality ('fairness') into statistics. That, I'm pretty sure, is a bad idea. And the word 'bias' already has a well-defined meaning in stats.

If you want to introduce moral judgement into your results, first construct a good map, and then adjust it according to taste. At least then you have a better chance of seeing the trade-offs you're making.