It comes down to the world frame some folks have. To them the world should have total fairness between all different people irregardless of predisposition, skill, situational luck, or effort put in. If it is not fair by their system they can fix it by pressing down on the scale. If any system or person has a fact that disrupts their worldview they are labeled things like "biased/racist/patriarchal/etc". Their desire for absolute equity requires rejecting facts that show people are different.
To people with this worldview an algorithm will always be "biased" because it simply reflects statistics instead of their view of they see as "right" which is with their benevolent finger on the scale.
I edited this slightly to try and remove any us vs them rhetoric. I am not passing any judgement just stating what I have observed.
To people with this worldview an algorithm will always be "biased" because it simply reflects statistics instead of their view of they see as "right" which is with their benevolent finger on the scale.
I edited this slightly to try and remove any us vs them rhetoric. I am not passing any judgement just stating what I have observed.