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How Generative AI Helps Predictive AI
 Originally published in Forbes, August 21, 2024 This is the...
4 Ways Machine Learning Can Perpetuate Injustice and What to Do About It
 Originally published in Built In, July 12, 2024 When ML...
The Great AI Myth: These 3 Misconceptions Fuel It
 Originally published in Forbes, July 29, 2024 The hottest thing...
Where FICO Gets Its Data for Screening Two-Thirds of All Card Transactions
 Originally published in The European Business Review, March 21,...

Wicked Problem

Diversity and Collaborative Problem Solving to Address Wicked Data Ethics Problems

 The complexity of the ethical issues facing professionals who work in machine learning, data science, analytics, and related professions have all the hallmarks of a “wicked problem”.  Rittel and Weber, the researchers responsible for coining the term “wicked problems”, believed a more inclusive approach to problem-solving was especially important in diverse and pluralistic societies where

Ethical Machine Learning as a Wicked Problem

 In the 1950 and 1960s, social and behavioral sciences were at the cutting edge of innovation. Scientific techniques and quantitative analyses were being applied to some of the most pressing social problems. The thinking was “If NASA...