{"id":227693,"date":"2021-04-15T19:13:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-will-reveal-how-its-algorithmic-biases-cause-unintended-harms\/"},"modified":"2021-04-15T19:13:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:13:04","slug":"twitter-will-reveal-how-its-algorithmic-biases-cause-unintended-harms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-will-reveal-how-its-algorithmic-biases-cause-unintended-harms\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter will reveal how its algorithmic biases cause \u2018unintended harms\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3524e8584a6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3524e8584a6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-will-reveal-how-its-algorithmic-biases-cause-unintended-harms\/#Cautious_optimism\" >Cautious optimism<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> will reveal how its algorithmic biases cause \u2018unintended harms\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F04%2FUntitled-design-2021-04-15T143104.456.png&amp;signature=4d26ff1688aef2f756bc1012e50dbfc9\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span>Twitter has launched a new initiative called \u201cResponsible ML\u201d that will investigate the harms caused by the platform\u2019s algorithms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company said on Wednesday that it will use the findings to improve the experience on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>This may result in changing our product, such as removing an algorithm and\u00a0<\/span>giving people more control over the images they Tweet<span>, or in new standards into how we design and build policies when they have an outsized impact on one particular community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The move comes amid mounting concerns around social media algorithms\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/26\/football\/thierry-henry-racism-social-media-quit-spt-intl\/index.html\">amplifying biases<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hsdl.org\/c\/social-media-conspiracy-theories\/\">spreading conspiracy theories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0The biggest tech trends of 2021, according to 3 founders]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A recent example of this on <span id=\"urn:enhancement-92\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.thenextweb.com\/tnw\/post\/id\/1346459\/MzYxNTA5ODA5MDcxNTk5NTAxNQ\">Twitter<\/span> involved\u00a0<span>an image cropping algorithm that automatically prioritized white faces over Black ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trying a horrible experiment\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Which will the Twitter algorithm pick: Mitch McConnell or Barack Obama? <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bR1GRyCkia\">pic.twitter.com\/bR1GRyCkia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony \u201cAbolish ICE\u201d Arcieri \ud83e\udd80 (@bascule) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bascule\/status\/1307440596668182528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter said the image-cropping algorithm will be analyzed by the <span>Responsible ML team. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They\u2019ll also conduct a<\/span>\u00a0fairness assessment of Twitter\u2019s timeline recommendations across racial subgroups, and study\u00a0content recommendations for different political ideologies in seven countries.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cautious_optimism\"><\/span>Cautious optimism<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tech firms are often accused of using responsible AI initiatives to divert criticism and regulatory intervention. But Twitter\u2019s new project has attracted praise from AI ethicists.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Mitchell, who co-led Google\u2019s ethical AI time before her controversial firing\u00a0in February, commended the initiative\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cool ideas here, unique to the Twitter approach:<br \/>-community-driven ML, agency and choice<br \/>-studying effects over time<br \/>-in-depth assessment of harms<br \/>-public feedback<br \/>Excited about where this work could head. Congrats to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ruchowdh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ruchowdh<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quicola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@quicola<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/williams_jutta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@williams_jutta<\/a>!<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45dUMvlsXn\">https:\/\/t.co\/45dUMvlsXn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmitchell_ai\/status\/1382475653576990721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s recent hiring of Rumman Chowdhury has also given the project some credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Chowdhury, a world-renowned expert in AI ethics, was appointed director of ML Ethics, Transparency &amp; Accountability (META) at Twitter in February.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2021\/introducing-responsible-machine-learning-initiative.html\">blog post<\/a>, she said Twitter will share the learnings and best practices from the initiative:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>This may come in the form of peer-reviewed research, data-insights, high-level descriptions of our findings or approaches, and even some of our unsuccessful attempts to address these emerging challenges. We\u2019ll continue to work closely with third party academic researchers to identify ways we can improve our work and encourage their feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She added that her team is building explainable ML solutions to show how the algorithms work. They\u2019re also exploring ways to give users more control over how ML shapes their experience.<\/p>\n<p>Not all the work will translate into product changes, but it will hopefully at least provide some transparency into how Twitter\u2019s algorithms work.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Greetings Humanoids! Did you know we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter all about AI? 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