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优步等打车软件算法在非白人区的定价更高
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优步(Uber)和Lyft等叫车公司用来确定车费的算法,似乎制造了一种种族偏见。
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By analysing transport and census data in Chicago, Aylin Caliskan and Akshat Pandey at The George Washington University in Washington DC have found that ride-hailing companies charge a higher price per mile for a trip if the pick-up point or destination is a neighbourhood with a higher proportion of ethnic minority residents than for those with predominantly white residents.
华盛顿特区乔治华盛顿大学的爱琳·卡利斯坎和阿卡莎·潘迪通过分析芝加哥的交通和人口普查数据发现,如果起始点或目的地是少数族裔居民比例较高的社区,那么叫车公司收取的每英里费用要高于以白人为主要居民的社区。
Unlike traditional taxis, ride-hailing services have dynamic fares, which are calculated based on factors including the length of the trip as well as local demand – although it is unclear what other factors these algorithms take into consideration because ride-hailing companies don’t make all of their data available.
与传统的出租车不同,叫车服务是动态的计价标准,它是根据包括行程长度以及当地需求在内的因素来计算的--尽管目前还不清楚这些算法还考虑了哪些其他因素,因为叫车公司并没有提供所有的数据。
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