What does it mean for an algorithm to be “fair”?

What does it mean for an algorithm to be “fair”?

Amsterdam’s struggles with its welfare fraud algorithm show us the stakes of deploying AI in situations that directly affect human lives.

What Does It Mean For An Algorithm To Be "fair"? - Data Intelligence

Van der Vliet and other welfare advocates I met on my trip, like representatives from the Amsterdam Welfare Union, described what they see as a number of challenges faced by the city’s some 35,000 benefits recipients: the indignities of having to constantly re-prove the need for benefits, the increases in cost of living that benefits payments do not reflect, and the general feeling of distrust between recipients and the government.  City welfare…