Veale, M;
(2017)
Logics and practices of transparency and opacity in real-world applications of public sector machine learning.
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Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in Machine Learning, (FAT/ML 2017).
: Halifax, Canada.
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Abstract
Machine learning systems are increasingly used to support public sector decision-making across a variety of sectors. Given concerns around accountability in these domains, and amidst accusations of intentional or unintentional bias, there have been increased calls for transparency of these technologies. Few, however, have considered how logics and practices concerning transparency have been understood by those involved in the machine learning systems already being piloted and deployed in public bodies today. This short paper distils insights about transparency on the ground from interviews with 27 such actors, largely public servants and relevant contractors, across 5 OECD countries. Considering transparency and opacity in relation to trust and buy-in, better decision-making, and the avoidance of gaming, it seeks to provide useful insights for those hoping to develop socio-technical approaches to transparency that might be useful to practitioners on-the-ground.
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | Logics and practices of transparency and opacity in real-world applications of public sector machine learning |
Event: | 4th Workshop on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in Machine Learning, (FAT/ML 2017) |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.09249v2 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10044002 |




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