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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAlgorithmic bias
/ˌæl.ɡəˈrɪð.mɪk ˈbaɪ.əs/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Systematic and repeatable errors in a computer system that create unfair outcomes, such as privileging one arbitrary group of users over others.
"Algorithmic bias in the hiring software resulted in fewer interviews being offered to female candidates." - 2
The underlying prejudice reflected in the design, training data, or assumptions of automated decision-making models.
"Researchers spent months analyzing the dataset to identify and remove sources of algorithmic bias before deployment."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'algorithmic', derived from the 9th-century Persian mathematician al-Khwarizmi via Old Spanish and Latin, and 'bias', borrowed from Old Provençal via French meaning an oblique slope or prejudice. The compound emerged in modern computer science and ethics discourse during the early 21st century to describe systematic errors in automated systems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Algorithmic bias" is said worldwide
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biais algorithmique
Transliteration: byɛ al.ɡɔ.ʁit.mik
"Le biais algorithmique peut renforcer les inégalités sociales existantes."
algorithmische Verzerrung
Transliteration: al.ɡɔˈʁɪt.mɪ.ʃə fɛɐ̯ˈtsɛʁ.ʊŋ
"Algorithmische Verzerrung ist ein ernstes Problem in der künstlichen Intelligenz."
bias algoritmico
Transliteration: ˈbi.as al.ɡoˈrit.mi.ko
"Dobbiamo prevenire il bias algoritmico nei sistemi di credit scoring."
sesgo algorítmico
Transliteration: ˈsez.ɣo al.ɣoˈɾit.mi.ko
"El sesgo algorítmico afecta la imparcialidad de las decisiones automatizadas."
viés algorítmico
Transliteration: viˈɛs al.ɡoˈɾit.mi.ku
"O viés algorítmico foi descoberto durante a auditoria do software."
एल्गोरिथम पूर्वाग्रह
Transliteration: algorithm purvagraha
"एल्गोरिथम पूर्वाग्रह निष्पक्षता को प्रभावित करता है।"
算法偏见
Transliteration: suàn fǎ piān jiàn
"我们需要减少人工智能系统中的算法偏见。"
알고리즘 편향
Transliteration: algorijeum pyeonhyang
"알고리즘 편향은 공정한 사회 구현의 걸림돌이 됩니다."
アルゴリズムバイアス
Transliteration: arugorizumu baiasu
"AIの普及に伴い、アルゴリズムバイアスが問題視されている。"
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