stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoPredictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markupthemarkup.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
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A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd we all saw Minority Report - even when the technology works, it isn’t a good thing.
And we all saw Minority Report - even when the technology works, it isn’t a good thing.