"Bias"as I use it is in the "Bayesian prior" sense which has to do with induction rather than decision. What you're referring to is in the utility function that informs decision theory rather than the inductive bias that informs science.
We in the West place a very high value on the truth hence pure science and are, at least ostensibly, very opposed to biasing induction. That's what the argument about "algorithmic bias" is _appealing_ to, even though, in actual fact, what the "algorithmic bias" noise is really all about is avoiding the results of unbiased induction. On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 12:56 PM Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote: > There are countless HIGHLY questionable points of nearly universal bias in > our society, the measurement of which should lead to a radical and > beneficial transformation of world societies. > > I was unaware of these until I had a project in Saudi Arabia, where I saw > a society playing by a different set of questionable bias. There, nearly > all children grow up with their biological parents, which is VERY good - > but they have other problems - all built on differing bias. > > For example, everyone agrees that beating women is bad, but is it worse > than the common alternatives like breaking up families and denying parents > to children? We say "yes", while they say "no" - which leads to VERY > differing societies. > > It would be wonderful if these biases could be identified and measured. I > applaud your efforts, while remaining skeptical regarding the success > thereof. > > Steve > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 1:12 PM Alan Grimes via AGI <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> James Bowery wrote: >> > The social pseudosciences are responsible for this, as they are de >> > facto religious movements posing as science. >> >> Correct, you deserve a cookie. >> >> -- >> Clowns feed off of funny money; >> Funny money comes from the FED >> so NO FED -> NO CLOWNS!!! >> >> Powers are not rights. >> > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery > options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T9ab9fba591214e64-Mbce5794e64f194db068794b5> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T9ab9fba591214e64-M7784609b98032db75b698ea8 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
