Predictive policing software terrible at predicting crimes

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Predictive policing software terrible at predicting crimes

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Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 2 years ago

Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markup

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A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time

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