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Brendan Dixon
Date
January 29, 2019

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Machine Learning, Social Factors

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Algorithms, causation, Correlation, criminal justice, It's a Wonderful Life (film), Machine Learning}

The Numbers Don’t Speak for Themselves

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January 29, 2019

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Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Because Machine Learning is opaque—even experts cannot clearly explain how a system arrived at a conclusion—we treat it as magic. Therefore, we should mistrust the systems until proven innocent (and correct).