We Need Bug Bounties for Bad Algorithms

Amit Elazari Bar On is a doctoral law candidate (J.S.D.) at UC Berkeley School of Law and a CLTC (Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity) Grantee, Berkeley School of Information, as well as a member of AFOG, Algorithmic Fairness and Opacity Working Group at Berkeley. On 2017, Amit was a CTSP Fellow. We are told opaque algorithms and black-boxes are going to control our world, shaping every aspect of our life. They warn us that without accountability and transparency, and generally without better laws, humanity is doomed to a future of machine-generated bias and deception. From calls to open-the-black box to the limitations of explanations of inscrutable machine-learning models, the regulation of algorithms is one of the most pressing policy concerns in today's digital society.