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An 81% false positive rate would be nightmarishly awful if this system served as judge, jury and executioner This is a highly black-and-white way of thinking a
by rhizome 7y ago
An 81% false positive rate would be nightmarishly awful if this system served as judge, jury and executioner
This is a highly black-and-white way of thinking about the implications. "Heck, it's only a problem if they get executed."
- jimclegg 7y agoWe should be careful before we unnecessarily increase the number of interactions between police and the general public. For example, roadside drug test accuracy rate is abysmal but innocent people are being put in jail because uninformed LEO either don't know or don't care baout the rate. If you can't afford to fight the false charge, your life/record/job/etc is screwed. Also, these false positives tend to have a conveniently racist default twist in our country. "59% of the Houston defendants in drug arrests involving false positives were black.", I expect the number that didn't fight the charge and were wrongfully convicted is quite high as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/magazine/how-a-2-roadside-drug-test-sends-innocent-people-to-jail.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/magazine/how-a-2-roadside...
- rhizome 7y ago>We should be careful before we unnecessarily increase the number of interactions between police and the general public I'd say a society is more successful the more they strive to minimize law enforcement contact.