@silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down118cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-square@silence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglish13•6 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.