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2017-03-26 Science & Technology
Software Used to Predict Crime
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Posted by al aSha-med 2017-03-26 05:11|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 ...Saw that movie. Wasn't bad.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-03-26 18:54||   2017-03-26 18:54|| Front Page Top

#2 the algorithm doesn’t unfairly target certain groups of people

Note the use of 'unfairly'.

When this starts to give decent, reasonably precise predictions, its effects will be huge, in terms of crime avoidance.
Posted by phil_b 2017-03-26 20:36||   2017-03-26 20:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't work in New York, didn't work in Chicago, won't work anywhere else.
Want to avoid crime? Avoid high crime areas. You know where they are.
Posted by Neville Elmeger9396 2017-03-26 22:44||   2017-03-26 22:44|| Front Page Top

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