Translating Intersectionality to Fair Machine Learning in Health Sciences

Nat Mach Intell. 2023 May;5(5):476-479. doi: 10.1038/s42256-023-00651-3. Epub 2023 Apr 28.

Abstract

Fairness approaches in machine learning should involve more than assessment of performance metrics across groups. Shifting the focus away from model metrics, we reframe fairness through the lens of intersectionality, a Black feminist theoretical framework that contextualizes individuals in interacting systems of power and oppression.