According to DataRobot ‘s “The State of Bias in 2019,” which was released last week, 42% of organizations surveyed reported being “very to extremely” concerned about bias occurring in their organizations.
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This number jibes with another finding from the DataRobot survey: that 38% of the organizations surveyed reported they use “black box” systems that offer no insight into how it makes decisions.
The juxtaposition of
“If someone is trying to sell you a black box system… and you don’t know how it works or what data was used to train it, then I wouldn’t trust it,” DataRobot quotes Giannandrea as saying in its report.
The survey indicates that organizations are aware of the potential pitfalls and are actively working to mitigate it. DataRobot found that 64% of survey respondents say they’re “very to extremely” confident in their ability to identify
The survey found some interesting differences among US and UK companies. While UK companies were more concerned about “technical bias” in the
The survey indicates that organizations are aware of the potential pitfalls and are actively working to mitigate it. DataRobot found that 64% of survey respondents say they’re “very to extremely” confident in their ability to identify
The survey found some interesting differences among US and UK companies. While UK companies were more concerned about “technical bias” in the
The survey defines technical bias as bias “arising from technical limitations, (e.g., algorithms that perpetuate bias.” Emergent bias, meanwhile, is bias “arising in the context of using the system when there’s misalignment between the user and system design, (e.g., only seeing content that confirms an already-held belief and not seeing content that conflicts).” The survey also looks at human bias.
DataRobot had a theory for the discrepancy between the bias concerns of UK and US firms. “It’s likely that because UK companies operate under tighter regulatory climates, they are more cautious about the technical aspects of
Compromised brand reputation and loss of customer trust was the number one concern as it relates to
The report also found that the majority of
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