The Foundations of Algorithmic Bias by Zachary Chase Lipton via @kdnuggets

We might hope that algorithmic decision making would be free of biases. But increasingly, the public is starting to realise that machine learning systems can exhibit these same biases and more. In this post, we look at precisely how that happens.

Please note this is a three page long post.

I really like this article and it really makes you think as you read through it - definitely recommended reading.