Re:Courts are using risk-assessment software to sentence cri...
by smnrchrds on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:34PM
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You are right to be worried.
"It found that widely used software that assessed the risk of recidivism in criminals was twice as likely to mistakenly flag black defendants as being at a higher risk of committing future crimes. It was also twice as likely to incorrectly flag white defendants as low risk."
"It found that widely used software that assessed the risk of recidivism in criminals was twice as likely to mistakenly flag black defendants as being at a higher risk of committing future crimes. It was also twice as likely to incorrectly flag white defendants as low risk."
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/opinion/sunday/artificial...