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"Racist" Computer Algorithms Predicts that Blacks are More Likely to Commit Crime

13-2-2017 < Red Ice Creations 88 134 words
 
"Racist" Computer Algorithms Predicts that Blacks are More Likely to Commit Crime Washington Post & SJWs says that computerized predictive policing is "racist" and biased after the algorithm finds that blacks are more likely to commit crime, depite existing statistics (see below). Big data has expanded to the criminal justice system. In Los Angeles, police use computerized “predictive policing” to anticipate crimes and allocate officers. In Fort Lauderdale, Fla., machine-learning algorithms are used to set bond amounts. In states across the country, data-driven estimates of the risk of recidivism are being used to set jail sentences. Advocates say these data-driven tools remove human bias from the system, making it more fair as well as more effective. But even as they have become widespread, we have little information about exactly how they work. Few of the organizations…
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