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So we are moving toward a world where one person gets out, while the other has to languish in prison for months or years awaiting trial because an algorithm sai
by kbos87 8y ago
So we are moving toward a world where one person gets out, while the other has to languish in prison for months or years awaiting trial because an algorithm said so. And the accused aren’t allowed to know what’s happening behind the scenes of the algorithm because we need to protect the competitive advantage of the vendor who sold the software to the state. This is total and complete insanity and elected officials should pay with their jobs and their reputations for even suggesting something so unjust.
- rectang 8y agoWhere is your outrage about how poor people are wronged by the current system?
- kbos87 8y agoI am absolutely outraged about the way the current system treats and traps the poor. But we need to be clear that this isn’t a fix; it’s a further obfuscation of the problem. I have little doubt that said algorithms will continue to wrong the poor at similar or greater rates - the only difference is that it will be significantly harder to detect.