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Jimmy Wu
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After a great time meeting people at FAT*, I’m returning to San Francisco. Though I don’t share much of the field’s goals and premises, it’s obvious that individuals in the community care about creating positive change, whatever that means to each. 1/
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Jimmy Wu
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If I may wax political for a moment, FAT* felt like a parliamentary party in flux, complete with institutional establishment, corporate funders, activist faction, even a few critical of the party-form. Unlike other CS conferences, FAT*/FAccT is aware of its own volatility. 2/
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Jimmy Wu
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FAccT is currently locked in the regime of liberalism, hoping to reform the algo-powered institutions that dominate society: private firms, gov agencies, etc. It’ll discover, as the privacy/security community did, that this road leads to assimilation, not emancipation. 3/
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Jimmy Wu
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Actually, a few talks & workshops reached in these directions at FAT* 2020. What if this became the norm? But then notice the contradictions: Would this still be an academic conference? And would its content still consist of “fairness, accountability, and transparency”? 5/5
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian
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This is in part the vision of CRAFT (cc @sedyst)
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