Why and how did Amazon's hiring algorithm turn out to be discriminatory? And can you sue an algorithm if your sexiness score on Tinder is too low? But, more importantly: if society is unhappy with the results of Automated Decision Making (ADM)-decisions, should we change the algorithm or ourselves?In this episode, Vincent speaks with data scientist researcher Jose Alvarez about fairness in AI, and more specifically in Automated Decision Making (ADM) models. They talk about the philosophical meaning of fairness and the commercial push behind the boom of large language models.

Jose did not bring one recommendation, but came up with a whole list for those that want to dive into this topic! 

• Movie: Coded Bias (Shalini Kantayya),
• Movie: Her (Spike Jonze) 
• Book: Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado Perez 
• Book: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, by Shoshana Zuboff 
• How to do Nothing, by Jenny Odell

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In each episode of Radio Vinternational, host Vincent Hoffmans dives into one fascinatin and hopefully informative international topic with a passionate expert. The mission is to showcase original and interesting perspectives on actual and historic international affairs, and to have fun!