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most citedWhat Constitutes a Less Discriminatory Algorithm?

4 citations · 6 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cs.GT2026

When to Ask a Question: Understanding Communication Strategies in Generative AI Tools

Charlotte Park, Kate Donahue, Manish Raghavan

Generative AI models differ from traditional machine learning tools in that they allow users to provide as much or as little information as they choose in their inputs. This flexib…

cs.CY2026

Algorithmic Monoculture and its Critics

Brian Hedden, Manish Raghavan

Algorithmic decision-making is replacing idiosyncratic human judgment in domains such as hiring, lending, and criminal justice. This shift promises increased consistency, but many…

cs.LG2026

Strategic Candidacy in Generative AI Arenas

Chris Hays, Rachel Li, Bailey Flanigan +1

AI arenas, which rank generative models from pairwise preferences of users, are a popular method for measuring the relative performance of models in the course of their organic use…

cs.GT2026

Impacts of Aggregation on Model Diversity and Consumer Utility

Kate Donahue, Manish Raghavan

Consider a marketplace of AI tools, each with slightly different strengths and weaknesses. By picking the right model for the task at hand, a user can do better than simply using t…

cs.CY2025

Statistical Guarantees in the Search for Less Discriminatory Algorithms

Chris Hays, Ben Laufer, Solon Barocas +1

U.S. discrimination law can impose liability on firms that fail to adopt a less discriminatory alternative (LDA): a decision policy that achieves the same business objectives while…

cs.CY2025★ 1 cited

Evaluating the Impacts of Swapping on the US Decennial Census

Maria Ballesteros, Cynthia Dwork, Gary King +2

To meet its dual burdens of providing useful statistics and ensuring privacy of individual respondents, the US Census Bureau has for decades introduced some form of "noise" into pu…

cs.CY2024★ 4 cited

What Constitutes a Less Discriminatory Algorithm?

Benjamin Laufer, Manish Raghavan, Solon Barocas

Disparate impact doctrine offers an important legal apparatus for targeting discriminatory data-driven algorithmic decisions. A recent body of work has focused on conceptualizing o…

cs.CY2024

Synthetic Census Data Generation via Multidimensional Multiset Sum

Cynthia Dwork, Kristjan Greenewald, Manish Raghavan

The US Decennial Census provides valuable data for both research and policy purposes. Census data are subject to a variety of disclosure avoidance techniques prior to release in or…

cs.GT2024

Equilibria, Efficiency, and Inequality in Network Formation for Hiring and Opportunity

Cynthia Dwork, Chris Hays, Jon Kleinberg +1

Professional networks -- the social networks among people in a given line of work -- can serve as a conduit for job prospects and other opportunities. Here we propose a model for t…

cs.DS2023★ 1 cited

Content Moderation and the Formation of Online Communities: A Theoretical Framework

Cynthia Dwork, Chris Hays, Jon Kleinberg +1

We study the impact of content moderation policies in online communities. In our theoretical model, a platform chooses a content moderation policy and individuals choose whether or…