Month: March 2018

In the ongoing effort to reform our criminal justice system, are algorithms the answer…and are these self-proclaimed “validated” assessments racist? Undark.org dug deeper into the issue with an article published in March of 2018  that explores that very question… To Reform Criminal Justice, Design a Racist Algorithm? ( excerpt published by Undark.org – March 20…
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According to a report by Wired Magazine, leading researchers of artificial intelligence are warning on the perils of relying on algorithms and artificial intelligence in government…and we couldn’t agree more. The AI Now report calls for agencies to refrain from what it calls “black box” systems opaque to outside scrutiny. Kate Crawford, a researcher at…
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