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This is a problem that is more to do with racist police than racist algorithms.
- The two are closely linked. Where do you think the bad data came from?
- Having a machine learning system do this helps the police disclaim personal responsibility.
- ML systems are effective at finding the implications of the data and validation criteria supplied to them (hence racist algorithms even though nobody explicitly said "We want racist results") and then finding innovative ways to deliver the implicitly desired result.
In other words, the ML systems can significantly amplify institutional racism while enabling humans to evade responsibility. It doesn't mean muich to say "Racist police are the problem". ML adds new problems.
- The two are closely linked. Where do you think the bad data came from?
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@Dammit
This is a problem that is more to do with racist police than racist algorithms.