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zhoushmoe t1_ixedfln wrote

Reply to comment by vrkas in The Ethics of Policing Algorithms by ADefiniteDescription

All the care in the world won't stop the biases inherent in our paradigm. There are built-in mechanisms of discrimination and inequality that the system as we know it optimizes for and are virtually impossible to remove from our current modus vivendi.

These books talk about the problem at length:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28186015-weapons-of-math-destruction

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34762552-algorithms-of-oppression

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34964830-automating-inequality

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vrkas t1_ixee4sd wrote

Yeah for sure. In the two cases mentioned in the comments the ML-based bullshit isn't the actual cause of the trouble. The root is from the rampant starve-the-beast defunding and privatisation of governmental functions, along with negative neoliberal attitudes to social services. If you have a properly functional social service setup, you won't need any of this shit in the first place.

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