CONTROVERSIES ON ALGORITHMIC HARMS: corporate discourses on coded discrimination

Discriminatory impacts and the damages due to algorithmic systems have opened discussions regarding the scope of responsibility of communication technology and artificial intelligence companies. The article presents public controversies triggered by eight public cases of harm and algorithmic discrim...

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Autores: Silveira, Sergio Amadeu da, Silva, Tarcizio Roberto da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)
Repositorio:Revista Observatório
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revista.uft.edu.br:article/11071
Acceso en línea:https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/11071
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algoritmos; Auditoria algorítmica; Explicabilidade; Jornalismo de Tecnologia; Plataformas.
Auditoria Algorítmica
Algorithms; Algorithmic Auditing; Explainability; Technology Journalism; Platforms.
Algorithmic Auditing
Algoritmos; Auditoría algorítmica; Explicabilidad; Periodismo Tecnológico; Plataformas.
Auditoría algorítmica
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Sumario:Discriminatory impacts and the damages due to algorithmic systems have opened discussions regarding the scope of responsibility of communication technology and artificial intelligence companies. The article presents public controversies triggered by eight public cases of harm and algorithmic discrimination that generated public responses from technology companies, addressing the efforts made by them in framing the debate about responsibility in the course of planning, training and implementation of systems.  Following that, it discusses how the opacity of systems is defended by the commercial companies that develop them, alleging prerogatives such as “industry secrets” and algorithmic inscrutability.