2024/11/10 by C. Barr, Olivia Johanna Erdélyi, Barr, Caleb J. S. +5 · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #Ethics and Social Impacts of AI #FOS: Computer and information sciences
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2411.06624
openalex publication_date 2024/11/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Recent regulatory proposals for artificial intelligence emphasize fairness requirements for machine learning models. However, precisely defining the appropriate measure of fairness is challenging due to philosophical, cultural and political contexts. Biases can infiltrate machine learning models in complex ways depending on the model's context, rendering a single common metric of fairness insufficient. This ambiguity highlights the need for criteria to guide the selection of context-aware measures, an issue of increasing importance given the proliferation of ever tighter regulatory requirements. To address this, we developed a flowchart to guide the selection of contextually appropriate fairness measures. Twelve criteria were used to formulate the flowchart. This included consideration of model assessment criteria, model selection criteria, and data bias. We also review fairness literature in the context of machine learning and link it to core regulatory instruments to assist policymakers, AI developers, researchers, and other stakeholders in appropriately addressing fairness concerns and complying with relevant regulatory requirements.