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-up1500arrow-down118cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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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.