The Societal Impacts of Algorithmic Decision-Making (eBook)

Manish Raghavan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
364 Seiten
Association for Computing Machinery (Verlag)
979-8-4007-0860-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book demonstrates the need for and the value of interdisciplinary research in addressing important societal challenges associated with the widespread use of algorithmic decision-making. Algorithms are increasingly being used to make decisions in various domains such as criminal justice, medicine, and employment. While algorithmic tools have the potential to make decision-making more accurate, consistent, and transparent, they pose serious challenges to societal interests. For example, they can perpetuate discrimination, cause representational harm, and deny opportunities.The Societal Impacts of Algorithmic Decision-Making presents several contributions to the growing body of literature that seeks to respond to these challenges, drawing on techniques and insights from computer science, economics, and law. The author develops tools and frameworks to characterize the impacts of decision-making and incorporates models of behavior to reason about decision-making in complex environments. These technical insights are leveraged to deepen the qualitative understanding of the impacts of algorithms on problem domains including employment and lending.The social harms of algorithmic decision-making are far from being solved. While easy solutions are not presented here, there are actionable insights for those who seek to deploy algorithms responsibly. The research presented within this book will hopefully contribute to broader efforts to safeguard societal values while still taking advantage of the promise of algorithmic decision-making.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2023
• Reihe/Serie: ACM Books
• Reihe/Serie: ACM Books
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: algorithmic decision-making • Algorithmic fairness • algorithmic tools • Artificial Intelligence • fair decision-making • impacts of algorithms • Social Computing • social harms • Social Justice • societal challenges and computing • strategic behavior
• ISBN-13: 979-8-4007-0860-2 / 9798400708602