In this course, we will explore fundamental issues of fairness and bias in machine learning. As predictive models begin making important decisions, from college admission to loan decisions, it becomes paramount to keep models from making unfair predictions. From human bias to dataset awareness, we will explore many aspects of building more ethical models.
Artificial Intelligence Data Fairness and Bias
Artificial Intelligence Data Fairness and Bias
This course is part of Ethics in the Age of AI Specialization
Instructor: Brent Summers
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There are 3 modules in this course
Welcome to the course! In week one, we will be discussing what fairness means in the context of machine learning and what true parity means in different scenarios
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5 videos2 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts
This week we will take action against unfairness. Now that we have an understanding of fairness issues, how do we build models that do not violate them?
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5 videos2 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
This week, we will tackle the human biases that enter the data collection and attribute selection processes. The goal? Removing bias before the model is built
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Extraodinary course! I've learnt so much! The classes are very informative and dynamic. Didn't feel like studying but rather entertaining myself with hight quality content! Thank you so much!
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A relatively short and interesting course on data fairness and bias impacting AI models.
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An excellent reminder that the bias-variance trade-off is not the only trade-off machine learning specialists make.
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