Phys.org

Algorithms were supposed to reduce bias in criminal justice, but do they?

Algorithms were supposed to remake the American justice system. Championed as dispassionate, computer-driven calculations about risk, crime, and recidivism, their deployment in everything from ...
techtimes

Researchers Develop 'Fairness' Algorithms to Reduce AI Bias, Ensure Privacy

Bias in algorithms have always been a key issue in the growing field of artificial intelligence. For instance, researchers found in an experiment that flawed AI in robots has the tendency to make ...
Medical Xpress

Including race in clinical algorithms can both reduce and increase health inequities, study shows

Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that because race is a social construct, and the biological mechanisms of how race affects clinical outcomes are often unknown, including race in ...
The Conversation

Including race in clinical algorithms can both reduce and increase health inequities – it depends on what doctors use them for

Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that because race is a social construct, and the biological mechanisms of how race affects clinical outcomes are often unknown, including race in ...
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Sickle cell disease treatment algorithms make a difference and reduce hospital stays

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at MUSC have joined forces to create and test an algorithm for treating children with sickle cell disease who present to ...