Trust in Data Over Intuition

Judges' predictions regarding defendants' likelihood to commit crimes while awaiting trial were significantly less accurate than those made by an AI system. The AI, which utilized the same information available to judges, identified individuals 25% less likely to offend compared to those released by human judgment. This stark contrast raises important questions about the effectiveness of human interviews as decision-making tools, suggesting that reliance on conventional interviewing approaches persists despite evidence demonstrating their ineffectiveness.