What is it about?
Researchers use algorithm audits to explore how social problems (such as discrimination) can manifest in algorithmic systems (such as Google's search results, YouTube's "up next" recommendations, or Facebook's News Feed). This paper reviews 62 algorithm audits, providing summaries of their findings as well as a loose organizational framework based on different problems observed.
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Why is it important?
This paper overviews the many ways that algorithms often exacerbate social problems. As algorithms impact more parts of our lives, from how we read the news to how we apply for jobs, it is important to pinpoint their potential harms.
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This page is a summary of: Problematic Machine Behavior, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, April 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3449148.
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