Apytele@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's the worst way to use statistics?message-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst way to use statistics?Apytele@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squareFargeol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoBy training an algorithm that will have an impact on said statistics. Not only the algorithm can cheat (see Goodhart’s law), but it can repeat biases that led to these statistics (like those law enforcement algorithms that became racists)
By training an algorithm that will have an impact on said statistics. Not only the algorithm can cheat (see Goodhart’s law), but it can repeat biases that led to these statistics (like those law enforcement algorithms that became racists)
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