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Morning Edition · Tuesday, July 14, 2026Published at 1:33 AM EDT · New York

Position Paper Argues Every Ground Truth Is a Human Construction

The authors challenge the treatment of labeled datasets as neutral objective measurements, with consequences for how models are trained and evaluated.

Position Paper Argues Every Ground Truth Is a Human Construction

A position paper posted today argues that the ground-truth datasets used as reference values in training and evaluation are not neutral objective measurements but human constructions shaped by the choices of the people who build them. The c…

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