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SUBMITTER: Kleinberg J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8179131 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kleinberg Jon J Raghavan Manish M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20210601 22
As algorithms are increasingly applied to screen applicants for high-stakes decisions in employment, lending, and other domains, concerns have been raised about the effects of algorithmic monoculture, in which many decision-makers all rely on the same algorithm. This concern invokes analogies to agriculture, where a monocultural system runs the risk of severe harm from unexpected shocks. Here, we show that the dangers of algorithmic monoculture run much deeper, in that monocultural convergence o ...[more]