Summary of Counterfactual Fairness Is Not Demographic Parity, and Other Observations, by Ricardo Silva
Counterfactual Fairness Is Not Demographic Parity, and Other Observations
by Ricardo Silva
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computers and Society (cs.CY); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| Summary difficulty | Written by | Summary |
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers investigate whether counterfactual fairness and demographic parity are interchangeable concepts in machine learning. The study finds that a recent claim stating their equivalence is flawed and highlights broader misconceptions surrounding counterfactual fairness. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at if two important ideas in AI, counterfactual fairness and demographic parity, mean the same thing. It turns out they don’t! This discovery helps us understand these concepts better and why they matter for making fair decisions with data. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Machine learning
