WEIRD FAccTs: How Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic is FAccT?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.06415v1
• Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 18:52:09 GMT
• Title: WEIRD FAccTs: How Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic is FAccT?
• Authors: Ali Akbar Septiandri, Marios Constantinides, Mohammad Tahaei, Daniele Quercia
• Abstract summary: Studies conducted on Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) samples are considered atypical of the world's population. This study aims to quantify the extent to which the ACM FAccT conference relies on WEIRD samples.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Studies conducted on Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) samples are considered atypical of the world's population and may not accurately represent human behavior. In this study, we aim to quantify the extent to which the ACM FAccT conference, the leading venue in exploring Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems' fairness, accountability, and transparency, relies on WEIRD samples. We collected and analyzed 128 papers published between 2018 and 2022, accounting for 30.8% of the overall proceedings published at FAccT in those years (excluding abstracts, tutorials, and papers without human-subject studies or clear country attribution for the participants). We found that 84% of the analyzed papers were exclusively based on participants from Western countries, particularly exclusively from the U.S. (63%). Only researchers who undertook the effort to collect data about local participants through interviews or surveys added diversity to an otherwise U.S.-centric view of science. Therefore, we suggest that researchers collect data from under-represented populations to obtain an inclusive worldview. To achieve this goal, scientific communities should champion data collection from such populations and enforce transparent reporting of data biases.

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