equality Archives - Data Science Ethics

Renee Cummings, Lexy Kassan, Marie Weber

Encode Equity

March 29, 2022

Show Notes on Encode Equity Organizations have flocked to data science as a means of achieving unbiased results in decision-making on the premise that “the data doesn’t lie.” Yet, as data is reflective of the biases in our culture, in our history, and in our perspectives, it is particularly naïve to assume that models will […]

Apple credit card found to have unfair limits

Apple Credit Card and Unfair Limits

January 9, 2020

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Show Notes on Apple Credit Card Apple recently decided to offer a branded Apple credit card in conjunction with Goldman Sachs. This is the first foray into consumer credit cards for both companies and all did not go according to plan. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, applied for the card and tweeted […]