Transparency in Complex Computational Systems.
Scientists depend on complex computational systems that are often ineliminably opaque, to the detriment of our ability to give scientific explanations and detect artifacts. Some philosophers have suggested treating opaque systems instrumentally, but computer scientists developing strategies for incr...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 568 - 590 |
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Cambridge University Press
Oct2020
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