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An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her

by jryb on 7/18/24, 10:59 AM with 15 comments

  • by aspenmayer on 7/18/24, 5:12 PM

  • by drpgq on 7/18/24, 3:09 PM

    Humans just can't handle statistical pattern recognition.

  • by drooby on 7/18/24, 3:04 PM

    An algorithm?!? Oh god, an algorithm!!

    With all of these scare mongering headlines (paywalled article), I need to know... how bad are the humans (without algorithms) compared to the .... algorithms.

  • by N8works on 7/18/24, 11:38 PM

    Oh God. Another "protect women" at all cost BS article.

    These use tragic single incident examples to legitimize laws that are then used to prosecute men in divorce.

    Google "Silver Bullet Divorce Strategy"

    Go kick rocks NYTimes.