AI engineering glossary · AI ethics law product
What is equal opportunity?
Equal opportunity: A relaxed form of equalized odds that requires only equal true positive rates across groups, so people who truly deserve the positive outcome have the same chance of receiving it regardless of group. It focuses on not denying benefits to qualified people.
Equal opportunity: an example
Among applicants who would truly repay a loan, the model should approve the same fraction, say 90%, in every community.
Related terms
More AI ethics law product terms
- Equalized odds
- Escalation rate
- EU AI Act
- Explainable AI
- Explicit feedback
- Fair use
- Fairlearn
- Fairness impossibility theorem
Where you learn it
Equal opportunity is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.