Cultural Re-contextualization of Fairness Research in Language Technologies in India

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.11206v1
• Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:37:45 GMT
• Title: Cultural Re-contextualization of Fairness Research in Language Technologies in India
• Abstract summary: Recent research has revealed undesirable biases in NLP data and models. We re-contextualize fairness research for the Indian context, accounting for Indian societal context. We also summarize findings from an empirical study on various social biases along different axes of disparities relevant to India.
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• Abstract: Recent research has revealed undesirable biases in NLP data and models. However, these efforts largely focus on social disparities in the West, and are not directly portable to other geo-cultural contexts. In this position paper, we outline a holistic research agenda to re-contextualize NLP fairness research for the Indian context, accounting for Indian societal context, bridging technological gaps in capability and resources, and adapting to Indian cultural values. We also summarize findings from an empirical study on various social biases along different axes of disparities relevant to India, demonstrating their prevalence in corpora and models.

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