UnBias: Emancipating Users Against Algorithmic Biases for a Trusted Digital Economy

UnBias：使用户免受算法偏见的影响，打造可信的数字经济

基本信息

批准号：
EP/N02785X/1
负责人：
Tom Rodden
金额：
$ 145.33万
依托单位：
University of Nottingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FN02785X%2F1
关键词：
UnBias Emancipating Users Against Algorithmic

项目摘要

Contrary to public opinion, young people care about their personal data and want a digital world more transparent, a digital world they can trust. For example, little is known about how Amazon is able to tailor advertisements and recommend products that are actually interesting for potential online customers, or how Facebook decides which news Facebook users may be more inclined to read. All the mechanisms that support this filtering of information and products is obscure and internet users would like to know more about it, such as possible bias in their behaviour and, more importantly, have some control over these recommender systems.This project aims to closely work with young people to further understand how aware 'digital natives' are about algorithm bias, their attitudes and main concerns and recommendations when interacting with such systems. This information will help us to better understand the way young people interact with such systems and identify youth-led solutions for teaching critical thinking toward digital information systems. We will apply different engagement tools and methodologies including focus groups, workshops and youth 'juries' to facilitate discussion, reflection and a deeper understanding of youth online behaviour and youth-lead software solutions.Relevant for this project is the development of 'fairer' algorithms with young people or non-experts as well as with experts. To do that, we intend to run a series of hackathons or workshops in which expert programmers and young people will work together to produce and evaluate new fairer algorithms that will produce more transparent and less creepy outputs. We will also run an 'ethicon'; an innovative approach in which scientists and ethicists work together to produce ethically justifiable algorithm design. During this process the project will be able to identify a series of principles that will contribute to the development of a platform that will allow users to have more control over the existing online filtering systems. In other words, this project will provide citizens with the skills and tools to better judge when and how much to trust the information they are given, understand the digital identity that algorithms create from user's personal data as well as protecting the users' privacy and online security.This project will provide policy recommendations, ethical guidelines and a 'fairness toolkit' co-produced with young people and other stakeholders that will include educational materials and resources co-designed to support youth understanding about online environments as well as raise awareness among online providers about the concerns and rights of young internet users. This project is relevant for young people as well as society as a whole to ensure trust and transparency are not missing from the internet. The results will be widely disseminated to a variety of audiences ranging from academic peer-review journals to community groups of interest such as secondary schools and youth clubs.

与公众舆论相反，年轻人关心他们的个人数据，并希望数字世界更透明，这是他们可以信任的数字世界。例如，对于亚马逊如何量身定制广告和推荐对潜在的在线客户来说很有趣的产品，或者Facebook如何决定哪些新闻Facebook用户可能更倾向于阅读哪些新闻。支持这种信息和产品过滤的所有机制都是晦涩难懂的，互联网用户希望更多地了解其行为的偏见，更重要的是，对这些推荐系统有一定的控制权。该项目旨在与年轻人密切合作，以进一步了解“数字原住民”如何了解“数字本地人”如何与算法偏见，他们的算法和对系统进行互动和这些系统进行互动，并在此类系统上进行互动。这些信息将帮助我们更好地了解年轻人与此类系统互动的方式，并确定青年领导的解决方案，以向数字信息系统讲授批判性思维。我们将应用不同的参与工具和方法，包括焦点小组，研讨会和青年“陪审团”，以促进讨论，反思以及对青年在线行为和青年领导软件解决方案的更深入了解。该项目的范围是与年轻人或非专家以及与专家以及与专家以及与专家以及与专家以及与专家以及与专家的发展。为此，我们打算开展一系列黑客马拉松或讲习班，专家程序员和年轻人将共同努力生产和评估新的更公平的算法，这些算法将产生更透明且令人毛骨悚然的输出。我们还将运行一个“ Ethicon”；一种创新的方法，其中科学家和伦理学家共同努力制作道德上合理的算法设计。在此过程中，该项目将能够确定一系列原则，这些原则将有助于开发平台，这将使用户能够对现有的在线过滤系统更加控制。换句话说，该项目将为公民提供技能和工具，以更好地判断何时以及如何信任他们提供的信息，了解算法从用户的个人数据中创建的数字身份，并保护用户的个人数据以及保护用户的隐私和在线安全性。该项目将提供政策建议，提供道德准则，包括与年轻人和其他人的在线企业，包括“公平的人”，包括年轻人和其他启动者，并提供了其他启动者，并提供了其他启动者，并提供了其他启动者，并提供了其他启动者，并提供了其他启动者，并提供了其他启动者，并将其与其他人一起制作，并将其提供给其他人，并将其与其他人一起制作，以培训持有人，并将其与其他人培养为工作，并将其提供给其他启动者。以及提高在线提供商对年轻互联网用户的关注和权利的认识。该项目与年轻人以及整个社会有关，以确保互联网中没有信任和透明度。结果将被广泛传播到从学术同行评审期刊到中学和青年俱乐部等感兴趣的社区群体的各种观众。