Machine Unlearning

Machine learning systems are everywhere. They predict the weather, forecast earthquakes, provide recommendations based on the books and movies we like, and even apply the brakes on our cars when we’re not paying attention.  Two scientists recently introduced the concept called “machine unlearning”:  “Effective forgetting systems must be able to let users specify the data to forget with different levels of granularity. These systems must remove the data and undo its effects so that all future operations run as if the data never existed.” Cao and Yang believe that easy adoption of forgetting systems will be increasingly in demand. Read more