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Re:Palantir deployed a predictive policing system in New Orl... by alistairSH on Thursday March 01, 2018 @09:07PM (#16498361)
If the software says Bob probably did it, Johnny Law will assume Bob did it and stop looking elsewhere, precisely because Johnny Law wants to close the case. Throw an overzealous DA in the mix, and it sucks to be Bob.
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Re:Palantir deployed a predictive policing system in New Orl... by Chriky on Friday March 02, 2018 @12:34AM (#16499330)
That's just not how it works. Eventually you have to present actual evidence in an actual court and it won't be "this software you never heard of said so".
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