arXiv:2606. 26200v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Modern machine learning systems have outgrown their origins as isolated predictive constructs, evolving into complex socio-technical architectures that actively mediate human opportunity.
By Antonio Ferrara
arXiv:2608. 11251v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Fairness in AI systems has become more important with recent regulatory demands, such as the EU AI Act.
By Ivan Luciano Danesi, Chiara Frigerio, Fabio Maccaferri, Giorgio Alessandro Motta, Pietro Zecca
arXiv:2407. 14766v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper presents a philosophical and experimental study of fairness interventions in AI classification, centered on the explainability and transparency of corrective methods, and on the opposition between two fairness criteria, namely Demographic Parity and Equalized Odds.
By Thomas Souverain, Paul \'Egr\'e
The article discusses how social networks influence decision-making and opportunity distribution, noting that network-generating mechanisms often mirror existing inequalities and can amplify disparities when used in technology. It identifies ten network effects that bias the link between intended measurements and observed data, using academic hiring as a case study to show that network biases can be neither inherently harmful nor beneficial. The authors argue for a comprehensive, networked fairness framework that incorporates both distributive and procedural justice and involves all stakeholders.
By Lisette Esp\'in-Noboa, Tina Eliassi-Rad, Pak-Hang Wong, Erich Prem, Meike Zehlike, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Fariba Karimi
The paper introduces the AR Fairness Metamodel, a structured framework for representing, analyzing, and comparing fairness scenarios. It incorporates key elements such as agents, resources, and their attributes, and supports both discrete and continuous fairness measures—including equality, equity, group fairness, individual fairness, the Gini index, the Theil index, Jain's fairness index, and a specific measure for Australia's Child Care Subsidy. The metamodel builds on the Tiles framework, offering modular components that can be connected to capture diverse fairness definitions, and includes formal proofs of relationships among group fairness, individual fairness, and envy‑freeness. An open‑source implementation of the Tiles framework is provided to facilitate practical fairness modeling and evaluation across various applications.
By Julian Alfredo Mendez, Timotheus Kampik
arXiv:2508. 08337v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Algorithmic fairness research has largely framed unfairness as discrimination along sensitive attributes.
By Zeyu Tang, Alex John London, Atoosa Kasirzadeh, Sarah Stewart de Ramirez, Peter Spirtes, Kun Zhang, Sanmi Koyejo