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https://news.yahoo.com/sheriff-launched-algorithm-predict-might-191728642.htmlA sheriff launched an algorithm to predict who might commit a crime. Dozens of people said they were harassed by deputies for no reason.
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A sheriff launched an algorithm to predict who might commit a crime. Dozens of people said they were harassed by deputies for no reason.
aholmes@businessinsider.com (Aaron Holmes)
September 10, 2020, 3:17 PM EDT
<p class="copyright">ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images</p>
ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images
A Florida sheriff's office deployed a futuristic algorithm that uses crime data to predict who is likely to commit another crime.
In a sweeping six-month investigation published this week, the Tampa Bay Times reported that the algorithm relied on questionable data and arbitrary decisions and led to the serial harassment of people without any evidence of specific crimes.
According to the report, former sheriff's office employees said officers went to the homes of people singled out by the algorithm, charged them with zoning violations, and made arrests for any reason they could. Those charges were fed back into the algorithm.
The report shines a light on the pitfalls of algorithm-driven policing and casts doubt on AI-powered tools meant to fight crime.
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Another reason to defund the police (Original Post)
Throck
Sep 2020
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Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)1. Here's a link to the whole investigative story:
https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/intelligence-led-policing/
These types of programs need to be shut down, IMO.
These types of programs need to be shut down, IMO.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)2. Wasn't there a movie about something like this. Authority figures predicted who would commit future
crimes and set upon people to stop the future crimes?
Minority Report.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)4. The cops there have labeled how many people? How many self-fulfilling prophecies?