Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markup (themarkup.org)
from stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to technology@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 2023 13:02
https://kbin.social/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/514931

A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time

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redknight942@sh.itjust.works on 05 Oct 2023 13:28 next collapse

minority report

1bluepixel@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 2023 14:44 next collapse

What do you know, every sci-fi movie ever on the topic was right.

pazukaza@lemmy.ml on 05 Oct 2023 21:23 collapse

I’m so grateful for living in a society that lacks this technology. Imagine being arrested out of nowhere because a machine said you were going to do something bad in a year from now.

Hell, imagine not even knowing what you were going to do, but the algorithm said so.

skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de on 05 Oct 2023 20:16 collapse

they’re selling hype, not software