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algorithmic opacity: a standalone construct

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Information systems

the condition in which people cannot understand how an algorithm reaches its outputs, traced to intentional secrecy, technical illiteracy and the scale of machine learning itself.

In information systems, algorithmic opacity refers to the condition in which people cannot understand how an algorithm reaches its outputs, traced to intentional secrecy, technical illiteracy and the scale of machine learning itself. This meaning comes from Burrell (2016) in Big Data & Society.[1]

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Burrell, J. (2016). How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms. Big Data & Society, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951715622512

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