Author

Timnit Gebru

Research Scientist, Google Ethical AI Team

Articles

Proceedings of Machine Learning Research

Gender Shades: Intersectional Accuracy Disparities in Commercial Gender Classification

Introduction Artificial Intelligence has permeated into decision-making related to hiring, loan applications, and even duration of an individual’s sentence in prison. Despite its many advantages, errors in facial recognition algorithms that depend on artificial intelligence and machine learning can have dangerous consequences such as wrongfully accusing an individual of a crime due to errors in…

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