We Need Bug Bounties for Bad Algorithms

We Need Bug Bounties for Bad Algorithms

  • May 4, 2018
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We Need Bug Bounties for Bad Algorithms

Algorithmic auditors are a growing discipline of researchers specializing in computer science and human-computer interaction. They employ a variety of methods to tinker with and uncover how algorithms work, and their research has already sparked public discussions and regulatory investigations into the most dominant and powerful algorithms of the Information Age. From Uber and Booking.com to Google and Facebook, to name a few, these friendly auditors already uncovered bias and deception in the algorithms that control our lives.

Source: vice.com

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