silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down116
arrow-up1411arrow-down1external-linkAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoPretty much anything trying to predict human behavior is a heuristic; people using them as if they’ve got some kind of certainty is a problem.
Pretty much anything trying to predict human behavior is a heuristic; people using them as if they’ve got some kind of certainty is a problem.
Yes, exactly.