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SusanCalvin

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1. I was just watching a local story on this.

Reply to AntiBank (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 10:28 PM

May 2016

Supposed to keep people from languishing in jail for lack of bail, but not much good if it's too biased to accurately predict.

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There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks [View all] AntiBank May 2016 OP

I was just watching a local story on this. SusanCalvin May 2016 #1

Federal lawsuits, class actions, need to beat this down AntiBank May 2016 #2

Machines are only as good as their makers Number23 May 2016 #3

Programming endemic American anti-black bias into the works nt MrScorpio May 2016 #4

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