Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markup

https://themarkup.org/prediction-bias/2023/10/02/predictive-policing-software-terrible-at-predicting-crimes

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

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1bluepixel@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

pazukaza@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y

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.

redknight942@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y

minority report

skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 2y

they're selling hype, not software