{"id":451,"date":"2020-06-26T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2020-07-16T12:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:19:15","slug":"why-no-voting-system-is-fair-and-how-ai-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/why-no-voting-system-is-fair-and-how-ai-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Why no voting system is fair and how AI can help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">26 June 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrisProff\">Iris Proff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cover_white-1024x856.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cover_white-1024x856.png 1024w, https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cover_white-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cover_white-768x642.png 768w, https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cover_white-1200x1003.png 1200w, https:\/\/resources.illc.uva.nl\/illc-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cover_white.png 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is fair and unfair about a certain voting method?<\/li><li>Do different notions of fairness contradict each other?<\/li><li>How to justify the outcome of an election?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These are some of the questions that keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.fnwi.uva.nl\/u.endriss\/group.php\">Computational Social Choice group<\/a> at our institute busy. To find answers, the researchers apply tools from artificial intelligence (AI). While most AI research today evolves around neural networks, they focus their efforts on symbolic AI methods. This video explains why and how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sJcqNEyTUwg\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curious to learn more about the topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about problems of the US presidential elections <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-the-electoral-college-74280\">here<\/a> or check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/files\/5015\/1077\/0783\/9781107060432AR_final3.pdf\">Handbook of Computational Social Choice<\/a>. 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