Ep 18 | Bias in Data Science - Data or Science? with Annie Hou, SVP of Data Science at GroupM

In Episode 18 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Annie Hou, SVP of Data Science at GroupM, where they discuss bias in data science; which includes:

• Why data isn't a commodity
• Where bias comes from and how to mitigate it
• Why we need a call to arms of critical modelling
• How data is not the sole answer to all our questions, nor can it ever be
• The importance of human judgement & critical thinking
• The need for better design of data collection
• Real-life use cases of bias
• The commercial impact of bias within an organisation
• The importance of understanding the context by which the data exists
• Why ML/DS degrees aren't helping
• How we are starting to understanding the impacts of Data Ethics
• Why we shouldn't automate everything