- Published on December 2, 2022
- In IT Services
Teaching Machines to Unlearn
With the increasing policies around data protection and user privacy, AI’s need to forget information is also a rising topic.
- By Mohit Pandey
In recent years, the debates and developments surrounding data, privacy, and big-tech, have brought up “the right to be forgotten” which essentially means that users should have the right to decide whether and when their personal data can be made inaccessible, or deleted. In the context of artificial intelligence, this means that machine learning models should be designed to forget and discard irrelevant information.
Companies like Amazon and Flipkart spend millions of dollars to build recommendation engines and the best algorithm to suggest products by tracking customer choices. A product distribution website recommending you products by accessing the information you provide to them might feel like a moderate bargain.
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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