CS Table 2/5/19: Machine Learning (meets in CS Commons)

NOTE: This Tuesday we will meet in the CS Commons at noon. Please bring your own lunch; we'll try to have some drinks and snacks, too.

This week in CS Table, we will consider some applications of machine learning that show both potential benefit and great risks: The use of ML algorithms in decisions related to bail, sentencing, and parole. We have two readings:

• Simonite, Tom (2017). How to upgrade judges with machine learning. MIT Technology Review.
• Angwin, Julia, Larson, Jeff, Mattu Surya, and Kirchner, Lauren. Machine bias. Pro Publica.