arXiv:2508.07872cs.CYcs.HC2025-08中稿 · the 5th European C…被引 1

分析AI不确定性的两种干预方式,发现其可能引发歧视,推荐使用带警告的预测而非直接拒绝。

Unequal Uncertainty: Rethinking Algorithmic Interventions for Mitigating Discrimination from AI

  • 用不确定度阈值筛选预测,对少数群体不公平
  • 英国法律下,选择性提示警告比拒绝预测更合法
  • 适用于需合规且关注公平性的AI决策场景

人工智能预测中的不确定性在人机协作决策中引发严峻的法律与伦理问题。本文探讨两种基于不确定性的算法干预机制:选择性回避(将高不确定性预测不提供给人类决策者)和选择性摩擦(在高不确定性预测旁附显著警告)。已有研究指出,不确定性回避可能加剧歧视,因代表性不足群体更常被分配高不确定性预测。本文首次从英国法律视角对这两种干预进行法理分析,并通过消费者信贷和再犯风险两个实际案例验证其后果。研究显示,尽管不确定性阈值看似中立,却可能产生歧视性影响。我们主张两种干预均存在违法歧视风险,但选择性摩擦在法律上更优——它保留了预测的可及性,更符合《2010年平等法案》中的比例原则。然而,选择性摩擦是否真正提升决策质量尚不明确,文中识别出其可能改善或恶化决策质量的条件。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Uncertainty in artificial intelligence (AI) predictions raises pressing legal and ethical questions for AI-assisted decision-making. This article examines two uncertainty-based algorithmic interventions that act as guardrails for human-AI interaction: selective abstention, which withholds high-uncertainty predictions from human decision-makers, and selective friction, which presents such predictions together with salient warnings about the model's uncertainty. Prior work suggests that uncertainty-based abstention can exacerbate disparities where under-represented groups are more likely to receive uncertain predictions. We provide, to our knowledge, the first doctrinal analysis of uncertainty-based algorithmic interventions under laws from the United Kingdom and examine their consequences through two AI-assisted case studies: consumer credit and risk of reoffending. We show that the use of uncertainty thresholds, though formally neutral, can generate discriminatory effects. We argue that both interventions pose risks of unlawful discrimination, but that selective friction is legally preferable. It preserves access to the prediction and is more likely to satisfy proportionality under the Equality Act 2010. Whether selective friction also improves decision quality in practice is uncertain. We identify conditions under which it may improve or worsen decision quality.

AI公平性算法干预法律合规

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