Voices in the Code - A Story About People, Their Values, and the Algorithm They Made

Explore the development of a life-and-death algorithm for kidney transplant allocation in this Stanford University seminar. Delve into David Robinson's account of how patients, surgeons, clinicians, data scientists, public officials, and advocates collaborated to create an inclusive and accountable system. Examine the challenges, compromises, and ethical considerations involved in building the Kidney Allocation System over a decade. Gain insights into the promise and limitations of participatory approaches, transparency, forecasting, and auditing in high-stakes software development. Learn valuable lessons for creating technology in a democratic and accountable manner, and understand the importance of public trust in resource allocation systems. Analyze the role of algorithms in shifting moral attention and the significance of shared understanding, deliberation, and knowledge participation in decision-making processes.