Publications

Is AI Ethics About AI?
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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The Racial Algorithm: AI and Scientific Legitimacy Under the Racial Contract
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Escaping the Subprime Trap in Algorithmic Lending
Adam Bouyamourn, Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Correcting Underrepresentation and Intersectional Bias in Machine Learning
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Contemporary Issues in Black Philosophy
Miron J. Clay-Gilmore, Daniel Fryer, Ian S. Peebles, Lauren Richardson, Alexander Williams Tolbert, Danny Underwood II, Yosef Washington, Jada Wiggleton-Little, Ashia Wilson
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A Theoretical Model for Grit in Pursuing Ambitious Ends
Avrim Blum, Emily Diana, Kavya Ravichandran, Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Algorithmic Abolitionism and the Racial Algorithm
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Causal Feature Learning in the Social Sciences
Alexander Williams Tolbert, Jingzhou Huang, Jiuyao Lu
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Race as a Statistical Regime
Alexander Williams Tolbert
Mitigate One, Skew Another? Tackling Intersectional Biases in Text-to-Image Models
Pushkar Shukla, Aditya Chinchure, Emily Diana, Alexander Williams Tolbert, Kartik Hosanagar, Vineeth N. Balasubramanian, Leonid Sigal, Matthew A. Turk
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Why Causal Inference Is Necessary for Algorithmic Fairness
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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The Problem of Generics in LLM Training
Alexander Williams Tolbert, B. Smith
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Reconciling Predictive Multiplicity in Practice
Tina Behzad, Sílvia Casacuberta, Emily R. Diana, Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Pessimism Traps and Algorithmic Interventions
Emily Diana, Alexander Williams Tolbert, K. Ravichandran, Avrim Blum
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An Epistemic Argument for Reparations: A Solution to the Problem of Social Stratification in Causal Modeling
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Resolving the Reference Class Problem at Scale
Aaron Roth, Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Restricted Racial Realism: Heterogeneous Effects and the Instability of Race in Social Science
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Causal Agnosticism About Race: Variable Selection Problems in Causal Inference
Alexander Williams Tolbert
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Reconciling Individual Probability Forecasts
Aaron Roth, Alexander Tolbert, Scott Weinstein
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