这不是一个错误,这是一个功能:人工智能专家和数据科学家如何解释算法的不透明性
1Department of Sociology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Social studies of science
|September 15, 2025
概括
机器学习 (ML) 专家认为算法不透明不是缺陷,而是优点,包括意想不到的结果. 这种观点是从ML ML中出现的.
科学领域:
- 算法的社会学算法.
- 科学和技术研究 (STS)
- 人工智能 (AI) 伦理学
背景情况:
- 机器学习 (ML) 算法的不透明性是一个重大问题.
- 算法社会学认为,不透明性是社会构建的,而不是固有的.
- 以前对机械客观性的关注将人类不一致性与机器可靠性进行对比.
研究的目的:
- 调查ML专家关于算法不透明性的认识文化.
- 展示ML专家如何将不透明性视为一个认识的美德.
- 追溯这种价值化的社会和历史起源.
主要方法:
- 与ML专家和数据科学家进行了60次深入的半结构化采访.
- 关于数据科学和机器学习起源的历史研究.
- 对专家采访和历史文件进行定性分析.
主要成果:
- 机器学习专家拥抱算法不透明性,将意想不到的结果视为先进预测能力的标志.
- 在ML中,不透明性从一个问题转变为一个认识的美德.
- 这种价值化与区分ML与AI专家系统和推断统计的司法斗争有关.
结论:
- 机器学习专家的认识文化积极构建不透明性作为一种美德.
- 这种构建有助于建立ML专业知识,并将其与相关领域区分开来.
- 了解这种社会结构对于解决有关ML透明度和问责制的担忧至关重要.
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