Book contents
- The Age of Algorithms
- The Age of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Algorithms Intrigue, Algorithms Disturb
- 2 What Is an Algorithm?
- 3 Algorithms, Computers, and Programs
- 4 What Algorithms Do
- 5 What Algorithms Don’t Do
- 6 Computational Thinking
- 7 The End of Employment
- 8 The End of Work
- 9 The End of Property
- 10 Governing in the Age of Algorithms
- 11 An Algorithm in the Community
- 12 The Responsibility of Algorithms
- 13 Personal Data and Privacy
- 14 Fairness, Transparency, and Diversity
- 15 Computer Science and Ecology
- 16 Computer Science Education
- 17 The Augmented Human
- 18 Can an Algorithm Be Intelligent?
- 19 Can an Algorithm Have Feelings?
- 20 Time to Choose
14 - Fairness, Transparency, and Diversity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2020
- The Age of Algorithms
- The Age of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Algorithms Intrigue, Algorithms Disturb
- 2 What Is an Algorithm?
- 3 Algorithms, Computers, and Programs
- 4 What Algorithms Do
- 5 What Algorithms Don’t Do
- 6 Computational Thinking
- 7 The End of Employment
- 8 The End of Work
- 9 The End of Property
- 10 Governing in the Age of Algorithms
- 11 An Algorithm in the Community
- 12 The Responsibility of Algorithms
- 13 Personal Data and Privacy
- 14 Fairness, Transparency, and Diversity
- 15 Computer Science and Ecology
- 16 Computer Science Education
- 17 The Augmented Human
- 18 Can an Algorithm Be Intelligent?
- 19 Can an Algorithm Have Feelings?
- 20 Time to Choose
Summary
We have certain expectations of the algorithms we use. For example, we would like them to be fair. These properties are essential for the peaceful coexistence of humans and algorithms, and for establishing a climate of trust in the community. They are even more critical when these algorithms exercise a certain power, such as when an algorithm makes the decision to approve or refuse a bank loan. What exactly are these expectations?
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- The Age of Algorithms , pp. 115 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020