1–THREAD: Calvin Alexander thought he had done everything the Louisiana parole board asked of him to earn an early release from prison. He had taken anger management classes, learned a trade and enrolled in drug treatment. @veritenews.org @propublica.org
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Make a black box machine learning tool so that nobody can see how racist it is or what other discriminatory illegal biases it might have.
“They told me once I received my risk score there is nothing I can do to change it,” Alexander said. “It’s like walking into a brick wall.”
This is another example of
GARBAGE IN
GARBAGE OUT
Congress would pass law to require that all algorithms must be based on actual information in to prevent crimes like these
Here is the problem – crime is primarily the outcome of multiple adverse social, economic, cultural and family conditions.