What is a Machine Learning Algorithm?
Reading 1 • Think of a Machine Learning algorithm like a recipe, where the ingredients are data, and the dish is a model that can make predictions or inferences about the future.
What is Algorithmic Bias?
Reading 2 • Any algorithms that perpetuate the status quo and do not improve social equity for people of color, women, the poor and working class, those with disabilities, and other marginalized groups are biased.
Types of Bias
Reading 3 • 1. Historical bias 2. Representation bias 3. Measurement bias 4. Aggregation bias 5. Evaluation bias 6. Deployment bias
When Bias Emerges
Reading 4 • Six points in the development process at which biases are introduced.