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Parul Gupta, software engineer, led the Data Summit's session, 'Realizing the Promise of Machine Learning,' taking a look at the nuances of AI fairness and bias, and how constraints will play a major ...
Tanks of nitrous oxide in enticing flavors are readily available at some convenience stores, vape shops and online.
Hidden in every attempt at gaining knowledge is an array of old beliefs ensconced at the corner of your mind, ready to ambush ...
We all know what racism looks like. It’s loud, it’s angry, it’s terrifying. But when it’s hidden in imagery and connotations, ...
AI therapy apps are increasingly being offered to patients needing mental health support as services struggle to keep up with demand. Alexander Mafi explores the advantages and possible pitfalls of ...
Negative events feel more psychologically intense than positive ones, thanks to a cognitive tendency called the negativity ...
Irrational tendencies — including the hot hand, base-rate neglect and sunk cost fallacy — commonly show up in AI systems, ...
The American public broadcasting system—decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and "All Things ...
One example of omission bias is the fact that some people prefer not to vaccinate ... over commission (getting the measles ...
The nation's public broadcasting system — decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and “All Things Considered" ...
Despite initiatives to reverse the trend, UK trained doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds and international medical graduates still have poorer academic outcomes than their white peers. Aisha ...
Among examples of bias in the report, the task force quoted an unnamed Palestinian citizen of Israel studying there as saying that Israelis “get used to social discrimination” from their first ...