A starting point for discussion
The idea
Raising people’s abilities only to the highest levels humans already reach might reduce differences between groups and could address rule by highly knowledgeable people. It would not, by itself, address rule shaped by algorithms that people cannot understand.
Place in the reasoning
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The claim distinguishes reducing inequality between people from making algorithmically shaped processes understandable to them.
Proposals to improve people’s abilities and require human review have limits
It limits what enhancement alone could accomplish, distinguishing concerns about human expertise from algorithmic opacity.
People need to understand decisions before they can check them
It challenges the sufficiency of enhanced human ability as a basis for reviewing incomprehensible algorithms.
What this means and why it matters
What this means
The author says that raising people’s abilities to the highest human levels is different from enabling them to understand processes beyond human abilities.
Why it matters
This matters because bringing people closer to the highest human abilities would not necessarily let them question decisions made through complex algorithms.
Conditions & assumptions
Source coverage: Full readable text of the author’s manuscript from an accessible copy, not the publisher’s formatted version. The passage distinguishes reducing differences among people from making complex processes carried out by algorithms understandable. Addresses: The claim that improving people’s abilities can answer concerns about rule by algorithms.
Questions this connects to
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How strong is this claim?
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