Episode
Cris Moore on Algorithmic Justice & The Physics of Inference
COMPLEXITY · Jan 15, 2021 · 1 h 12 min
It’s tempting to believe that people can outsource decisions to machines — that algorithms are objective, and it’s easier and fairer to dump the burden on them. But convenience conceals the complicated truth: when lives are made or broken by AI, we need transparency about the way we ask computers questions, and we need to understand what kinds of problems they’re not suited for. Sometimes we may…