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Algorithmic Bias

model bias

Algorithmic Bias

Established

Systematic difference in a model's performance or effect across groups, arising from data, design or deployment.

In healthcare the harm compounds: a group under-represented in the data receives less accurate output and then less care.

Context

SourceWHO, Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health (2021)