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Re:Proprietary algorithm that predicts future criminals okay... by cakebrewery on Thursday July 28, 2016 @06:04PM (#12183542)
It would be insanely unfair if this algorithm was based on statistics around economic (or racial) status.
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Re:Proprietary algorithm that predicts future criminals okay... by beached_whale on Thursday July 28, 2016 @08:19PM (#12184254)
From what I have read elsewhere, the data sets used for this type of decision making is biased towards race. That is an area of research currently.

https://www.fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/post...

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