Re:Predictive Policing Software Is Pretty Terrible at Predic...
by tech_ken on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @01:08PM
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> Is it really that hard to control for the police presence?
You could probably answer this question by reading the original work, it's linked somewhere in this thread.
> I think people on the left don't really want to admit that there are areas and populations that do indeed warrant more searches than others.
Are you simply unaware of the 4th amendment? Or do you just not value it?
Re:Predictive Policing Software Is Pretty Terrible at Predic...
by knallfrosch on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:39AM
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What 4th? Is that some US thing?
In any case, I wasn't talking about "let's search this person's car because the person belongs to a minority",
but rather "we control 10% of cars (randomized) passing through this intersection, because there's lots of crime in this area, and if the persons searched don't reflect the overall population mix, that's okay."
Area A: We had 10 patrols of which 5 found drugs. Area B: We had 30 patrols of which 12 found drugs.
I don't think it's too hard to notice that A is the better target for future controls, even though more drugs were found in B (when going by total numbers.)
I think people on the left don't really want to admit that there are areas and populations that do indeed warrant more searches than others.