Lessons from the PULSE Model and Discussion

Dr. LeCun tweets that "ML systems are biased when data is biased." This can be interpreted in multiple ways, with one interpretation being that data is the only factor that matters, and another being that data is the main problem in this particular case. Dr. Gebru replies in an exasperated way noting that the first possible interpretation is incorrect and that experts such as her say this often. Implicitly, it's clear that this exasperation must be partially because this is a common and harmful misconception experts such as Dr. Gebru have to fight against.