In this episode, the hosts begin the discussion on the increasing use of mathematical algorithms to crunch Big Data to predict future outcomes. This data, however, includes societal biases and embed our flawed past into our future lives. Today: Criminal Justice and the self-fulfilling prophecy of who is a risk to society.
Pro Publica Article on Risk Assessment of arrestees
https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
Interview of Jack Maple I Government Technology about COMSTAT
https://www.govtech.com/magazines/gt/Jack-Maple-Betting-on-Intelligence.html
Times article about Newark’s problem with racial profiling
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/us/politics/cory-booker-2020-criminal-justice.html
Justice Tech Download (Great Newsletter)
https://www.justicetech.download/
Coded Bias
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/coded-bias-full-film/
Weapons of math destruction by Cathy O’Neil