Re:Early evidence on “predictive policing” and civil rights
by carapace on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:08PM
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Hmm, well, IMHO that's all bad too. Not sure what, if anything, to do about it.
This doesn't seem as bad as the OP, but it's still an abdication of responsibility. Automated authority.
Let me point out something: why are these systems being deployed to decide sentencing, as opposed to trying to figure out what will actually affect recidivism?
I haven't read about that in any of the articles on this: is anyone paying attention to e.g. whether a given sentencing policy is actually reducing crime?
I don't doubt that machines can help us understand and manage ourselves and our complex society, but this seems like machine-worship to reinforce our atavistic ideas around crime and punishment.
This doesn't seem as bad as the OP, but it's still an abdication of responsibility. Automated authority.
Let me point out something: why are these systems being deployed to decide sentencing, as opposed to trying to figure out what will actually affect recidivism?
I haven't read about that in any of the articles on this: is anyone paying attention to e.g. whether a given sentencing policy is actually reducing crime?
I don't doubt that machines can help us understand and manage ourselves and our complex society, but this seems like machine-worship to reinforce our atavistic ideas around crime and punishment.