A few pieces on governments, opacity, and algorithms

[brainwane]

I posted on my other blog about supporting a new New York City Council bill that would require city agencies to publish source code used to make decisions.

On MetaFilter, I posted about a transparency case pending before a California appeals court; the EFF and ACLU have submitted amicus curiae briefs saying (to simplify) that the right to due process includes the right to inspect source code used to convict you. Evidently the creator of the closed-source DNA testing software doesn't think so. As is often the case on MetaFilter, there are very lucid explanations in the comments regarding complicated technical issues.

And I really like the photo I used to illustrate the potential for algorithmic bias.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

The Metafilter link is fascinating! You provided many juicy articles, and (skipping over the first 10 from the gut strong opinions), well-informed posters explained fundamental issues.

Thanks for "raising the intelligence of the entire street"!