Entries by Tomaso Leoni

When Mehmet and Peter are not the same – bias based on the origin of names in word vectors

Pre-trained language models such as word vectors can contain social stereotypes, which can lead to software making discriminatory decisions. Based on the results of the first study, researchers from IDAS at the Bern University of Applied Sciences have now investigated further stereotypes hidden in word vectors. The results were published in the journal Frontiers in […]