Summary of Fairness Without Demographics Through Learning Graph Of Gradients, by Yingtao Luo et al.
Fairness without Demographics through Learning Graph of Gradients
by Yingtao Luo, Zhixun Li, Qiang Liu, Jun Zhu
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed methodology addresses algorithmic fairness issues in machine learning by leveraging model gradients to identify and improve group fairness without demographic information. The approach constructs a graph where samples with similar gradients are connected, allowing for a soft grouping mechanism that is more robust to noise. This method outperforms existing surrogate grouping methods in terms of fairness and accuracy. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine if machines could make decisions without being biased against certain groups of people. That’s what this paper is trying to achieve. Right now, many machine learning systems can be unfair because they don’t have enough information about different demographic groups. This makes it hard to ensure that the predictions are fair for everyone. The researchers in this paper came up with a new way to make sure the model is fair without knowing details about each group. They did this by looking at how the model changes when it’s trained on different data, rather than just focusing on the features of each group. This approach can help improve fairness while still being accurate. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning
