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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Is ethical AI possible?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Is There a Bias in Sentence?

The judge used an algorithm to make a prediction about how likely this person is to go on to commit another crime when they're released from jail. The algorithm gave him a really high score of reoffending because he was young and he was already committing crimes. There was a high chance, according to the algorithm, that he would continue in this life of crime. So he ended up getting two years in jail or something like that.

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