Black-Box Algorithms Shouldn’t Decide Who Gets a Vaccine
▻https://onezero.medium.com/black-box-algorithms-shouldnt-decide-who-gets-a-vaccine-492be4bbae3c
A failure at Stanford teaches us the limits of medical algorithms “The algorithm did it” has become a popular defense for powerful entities who turn to math to make complex moral choices. It’s an excuse that recalls a time when the public was content to understand computer code as somehow objective. But the past few years have demonstrated conclusively that technology is not neutral and instead reflects the values of those who design it, and it is fraught with all the usual shortcomings and (...)
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