silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 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.