I a week, I will give a talk at the Modélisation Financière seminar (“Online Seminar Finance & Modeling” according to the invitation) on Using optimal transport to mitigate unfair predictions. Slides are now on line. The insurance industry is heavily reliant on predictions of risks based on characteristics of potential customers. Although the use of said models is common, researchers have long pointed out that such practices perpetuate discrimination based on sensitive features such as gender or race. Given that such discrimination can often … <a href=“https://freakonome …