by r0h1n on 5/23/16, 1:50 PM with 57 comments
by kough on 5/23/16, 5:08 PM
On the other hand, these biaces (most notably the racial ones) exist in the process anyway, and now they're simply being codified and exposed. If these algorithms were published we could see exactly how much more punishment you get for being black in America versus being white.
Thanks again to ProPublica for an important piece of reporting; hopefully changes get made for the better.
by Malarkey73 on 5/23/16, 2:40 PM
"On Sunday, Northpointe gave ProPublica the basics of its future-crime formula — which includes factors such as education levels, and whether a defendant has a job. It did not share the specific calculations, which it said are proprietary."
How on earth can you lock people up based on secret information? That is Kafka meets Minority Report.
by pdkl95 on 5/23/16, 7:19 PM
http://boingboing.net/2016/01/06/weapons-of-math-destruction...
It's easy to hide agenda behind an algorithm; especially when the details of the algorithm are not publicly visible.
by yummyfajitas on 5/23/16, 6:51 PM
This article is terrible data journalism and probably deliberately misleading.
Step 1: write down conclusion.
Step 2: do analysis.
Step 3: if analysis doesn't support conclusion, write down a bunch of anecdotes.
Really, here's her R script: https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co...
Just read that. It's vastly better than this nonsensical article.
by thejefflarson on 5/23/16, 8:49 PM
by wyager on 5/23/16, 9:41 PM
by Dowwie on 5/24/16, 11:00 AM
by thisisdave on 5/23/16, 9:25 PM
https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co...