Tomorrow, I will be on my way to Toronto (by train, as always). I will give a seminar on Monday, at the University of Toronto. The long title is Using optimal transport to mitigate unfair predictions and quantify counterfactual fairness (slides are available) Many industries are 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 … <a href=“https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/79195" …