See the result of the AI judged beauty contest? Apparently the training set needed more curation. Very teachable moment.
-- rec -- On Sep 8, 2016 7:10 PM, "Marcus Daniels" <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > Racial profiling is a single dimensional predictor. It's bad because it > is regressive, not because race is a useless predictor. > There are lots of attributes like that, and big data is just puts them > together to predict aggregate behaviors about people without really having > a theory of mind of that individual or a theory of mind at all. Like > trying to learn from Google without understanding the reading and writing > of human language. I think the FOIA type concerns should be fixable in > principle. But in practice, these databases and algorithms are tightly > held intellectual property that the government licenses from companies. > Without sweeping legislation, the government can't get their hands on it, > and the people interested in applying these systems, like law enforcement, > aren't necessarily the most curious people in the world to begin with. > Push a button and get an authoritative answer. What could be better? > You're guilty because the system said so. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen ? > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 4:54 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> > Subject: [FRIAM] speaking of analytics > > > The case against big data: "It’s like you’re being put into a cult, but > you don’t actually believe in it" > http://www.salon.com/2016/09/08/the-case-against-big-data- > it-is-like-youre-being-put-into-a-cult-but-you-dont- > actually-believe-in-it/ > > > But it’s opaque right? Which is also what a lot of these things have in > common. > > > > It’s opaque, and it’s unaccountable. You cannot appeal it because it is > opaque. Not only is it opaque, but I actually filed a Freedom of > Information Act request to get the source code. And I was told I couldn’t > get the source code and not only that, but I was told the reason why was > that New York City had signed a contract with this place called VARK in > Madison, Wisconsin. Which was an agreement that they wouldn’t get access to > the source code either. The Department of Education, the city of New York > City but nobody in the city, in other words, could truly explain the scores > of the teachers. > > > > It was like an alien had come down to earth and said, "Here are some > scores, we’re not gonna explain them to you, but you should trust them. And > by the way you can’t appeal them and you will not be given explanations for > how to get better." > > -- > ☣ glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
