Rethinking Algorithmic Bias Through Phenomenology and Pragmatism
Johnathan C Flowers
Conference Section
Algorithm Ethics I
Publication Date
5-29-2019
Document Type
Paper
DOI
10.25884/mh5z-fb89
Abstract
In 2017, Amazon discontinued an attempt at developing a hiring algorithm which would enable the company to streamline its hiring processes due to apparent gender discrimination. Specifically, the algorithm, trained on over a decade’s worth of resumes submitted to Amazon, learned to penalize applications that contained references to women, that indicated graduation from all...