silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down118
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 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.