Bias In Financial Systems
Bias can be added to financial systems due to machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms. The resulting systems can discriminate based on this added bias. We will like to get your expert opinion on this. This short survey will take five minutes to complete and participants will be sent a 10 dollar appreciation coupon.
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What do you think is the main reason behind bias in financial systems? *
Are you willing to accept a financial system which is accurate but biased? An accurate system is the one that provides accurate results, e.g., whether a certain person should be approved for loan or not? etc. A biased system is the one that is biased towards certain gender, race, ethnicity etc., e.g., males are more likely to be approved for credit cards than females etc.
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What do you think can increase the bias in financial systems?
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Do you think that the current financial system favors some groups over certain attributes?
If Yes, which attributes do you think the system considers?
Please select None if your answer is No.
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Have you ever experienced or witnessed popularity bias? For example a celebrity, a rich individual or a person with reference approved for loan even with a bad credit score?
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Have you ever experienced or witnessed presentation bias where presentation of system information is meant to favor or disfavor a certain group? For example mortgage application evaluation is presented to decision makers in a way that it would always result in rejection for people from certain regions. *
Have you ever experienced or witnessed historical bias where input data affects the way the financial system behaves? For example, the system would always give less score to applications from females applying for car loans due to less proportion of female applications in the system.
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What do you think is the main hurdle in making an Automated Fair Financial System (a financial system that has low bias and is able to make accurate financial decisions without human intervention)?
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What do you think could be done to reduce discrimination or bias in the financial system? Please write in the space provided below.
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