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S2E7: A Bug In The System

S2E7: A Bug In The System

Update: 2019-08-144
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The first ever computer program was written in 1843 by Ada Lovelace, a mathematician who hoped her far-sighted treatise on mechanical computers would lead to a glittering scientific career. Today, as we worry that modern systems suffer from “algorithmic bias” against some groups of people, what can her program tell us about how software, and the people who make it, can go wrong?

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David Arango

I wish we could have had this theoretical unbiased program make this episode.

Jun 14th
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