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Homework
- Choose a digital tool, app, or website you use regularly. It could be a social media platform, a shopping site, or a streaming service.
Spotify is an app with bias.
- Identify Potential Bias: Are there any patterns in the recommendations or interactions that might suggest bias? Does the platform cater well to different user groups (e.g., age, gender, language, accessibility)?
A bias that I found was that spotify constantly recommends the same songs based on artists or songs that I’ve listend to.
- Analyze the Cause: What might be causing this bias? Consider data collection, algorithm design, or lack of diverse testing.
I think the cause of this bias is that the algorithm has been coded to recommend
- Propose a Solution: Suggest one way the developers could reduce bias and make the platform more inclusive.
One way that developers can reduce bias is to provide different recomendations each time so that users can listen to different artists, genres, and songs.