Caesar AI Atlas

Unawareness

Also known as: Unawareness (to A Sensitive Attribute) Β· to A Sensitive Attribute Β· Unawareness to A Sensitive Attribute

Caesar AI Atlas Definition

Unawareness to a sensitive attribute is a fairness approach in which protected or sensitive attributes are excluded from model inputs. By itself, unawareness does not guarantee fairness because other features may act as proxies for the excluded attribute.

Other Definitions

Unawareness [to A Sensitive Attribute] Source

A situation in which sensitive attributes are present, but not included in the training data. Because sensitive attributes are often correlated with other attributes of one's data, a model trained with unawareness about a sensitive attribute could still have disparate impact with respect to that attribute, or violate other fairness constraints.

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