RE: https://mastodon.online/@tomstafford/116041517300854913
As I explain in my post about the #BiasFallacy (https://byrdnick.com/archives/11072/the-bias-fallacy), Tom shows how #bias can be a good thing.
My example of good bias was ignoring irrelevant variables in #science to avoid spurious or misleading correlations.
Tom’s examples are probable better: fire alarms and #signalDetectionTheory. Worth a read!
Bias is more talked about than defined. Everyone knows it is bad, but we won't be able to take effective measures towards better decision making until we get our heads straight on what we mean when we talk about bias
Fortunately, there are frameworks from psychology which canill help us navigate the definitional thickets
My latest: https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/good-bias
"In 2009, when researchers polled 1,350 Americans about the video at the center of Scott v. Harris, most agreed with the Supreme Court’s majority view. But the researchers identified “sharp differences of opinion” along cultural and ideological lines, including race, income and a person’s views on societal hierarchy."
A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn’t take you seriously until you’d actually killed them, by which time it didn’t really matter anyway.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 2, The Light Fantastic (1986)
More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8163…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #bias #chauvinism #feminism #fighter #hero #heroine #prejudice #sexism #takeseriously #sexdiscrimination #battleofthesexes
A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn’t take you seriously until you’d actually killed them, by which time it didn’t really matter anyway.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 2, The Light Fantastic (1986)
More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8163…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #bias #chauvinism #feminism #fighter #hero #heroine #prejudice #sexism #takeseriously #sexdiscrimination #battleofthesexes
Researchers uncover AI bias against older working women - AI is perpetuating inaccurate gender and age stereotypes, influencing everything from hiring practices to workplace perceptions.
#AI #women #science #workplace #bias
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/10/ai-llms-age-bias-older-working-women-research
Why does a least squares fit appear to have a bias when applied to simple data?
#HackerNews #leastSquaresFit #bias #simpleData #statistics #dataAnalysis
It is remarkable what sort of news the BBC do not wish to cover. I don’t watch their television so must take that on trust, but looking at the BBC news site, this is not even touched upon. Hunger strikes in NI, and more recent ones, yes, but this no. I do wonder who the corporation represents - it certainly is not most of the UK.
It is remarkable what sort of news the BBC do not wish to cover. I don’t watch their television so must take that on trust, but looking at the BBC news site, this is not even touched upon. Hunger strikes in NI, and more recent ones, yes, but this no. I do wonder who the corporation represents - it certainly is not most of the UK.
Yup, that's the #NewYorkTimes 😒 😒 😒
#saneWashing #overtonWindow #falseBalance #integrity #bias #journalism #OpEd #propaganda #corruption #plutocracy #clueless
Yup, that's the #NewYorkTimes 😒 😒 😒
#saneWashing #overtonWindow #falseBalance #integrity #bias #journalism #OpEd #propaganda #corruption #plutocracy #clueless
Q: what do you do if AI is being biased?
A: complain, this is the right time to be a Karen, tell them about, let them know this keeps you from being able to use their product
#SeaGL #SeaGL2025 #FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent #AIeeee #ethics #bias
Q: what do you do if AI is being biased?
A: complain, this is the right time to be a Karen, tell them about, let them know this keeps you from being able to use their product
#SeaGL #SeaGL2025 #FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent #AIeeee #ethics #bias
Researchers uncover AI bias against older working women - AI is perpetuating inaccurate gender and age stereotypes, influencing everything from hiring practices to workplace perceptions.
#AI #women #science #workplace #bias
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/10/ai-llms-age-bias-older-working-women-research
New @universityofgroningen #OpenAccess #publication highlight:
➡️ #AI as #moral cover: How algorithmic #bias exploits #psychological mechanisms to perpetuate social #inequality
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.70031
Read our interview with corresponding author Islam Borinca:
New video! I'm restoring a 1980s vintage NAD 7020e receiver and setting it up correctly.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/EQksKIyDJvY
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/fYUAwoWVDpKi49p6fBFZTh
#NAD7020 #NAD7020e #Receiver #Restoration #NAD #NewAudioDimension #Refurb #Recapping #IdlingCurrent #Bias #Adjustment #VintageHifi #VintageAudio
New video! I'm restoring a 1980s vintage NAD 7020e receiver and setting it up correctly.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/EQksKIyDJvY
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/fYUAwoWVDpKi49p6fBFZTh
#NAD7020 #NAD7020e #Receiver #Restoration #NAD #NewAudioDimension #Refurb #Recapping #IdlingCurrent #Bias #Adjustment #VintageHifi #VintageAudio
At @pyconau #pyconau Dr Arwen Griffioen presents an anti-oppresive framework for #AI and #data ethics - red team your models for #bias, centre the voices of the people who are most likely to be harmed, monitor continuously, for distributional shift, and ask the hard questions during the design process. Use your privilege to push back.
