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amplifier_khanon Why We Should Expect Algorithms to Be Biased

Aside from algorithmic gender bias and "mathwashing" as mentioned in the article, what other sources need be considered?

amplifier_khanon Creating a Beer Recommendation Engine

Yup it seems like currently recs are based on content filtering techniques, based on defined properties of each beer. I'd be interested in seeing this project utilize a collaborative filter to take into account user interactions/ratings associated with each beer and then predict beers that people would enjoy based on their preferences.