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Because we know fully well that the people who use these systems are going ignore the probability of a false positive and just worship the oracle as if it infal
by ganzuul 5y ago
Because we know fully well that the people who use these systems are going ignore the probability of a false positive and just worship the oracle as if it infallible, as we are much too comfortable to offload our cognition on algorithms.
- BlargMcLarg 5y agoI remember one master's graduate presenting his research and program using facial recognition to find offenders (I believe using phone while driving). When asked about false positives and their consequences, it was basically waved off and not many in the room were interested in the answer. This is the same country which is still handling a case where it had families fined because the system incorrectly flagged them for years (Netherlands, childcare benefit scandal). On top of these families still not being repaid, a lot of tax money is wasted on politicians talking about it without resolving the issue.
- soundnote 5y agoI've noticed that people are increasingly comfortable with the idea of screwing over innocent people so long as the guilty are punished, and don't really value innocent until proven guilty anymore.