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Episode 181: The Dragon
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:14:07
Publish Date: 2018-10-10 09:45:00
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We talk with our colleague Sandy Mason about the use of algorithms in criminal law decisionmaking - and especially their troubling and difficult to disentangle incorporation of race. From bail to sentencing to policing effort to hiring and admitting to college, we subject different social groups to different risks of erroneous treatment, predicting, for example, that an individual is likely to commit another crime when in fact he or she will not reoffend. What should we do? Reject the use of algorithms - is that even possible? Attempt to "correct" the algorithms? Sandy teaches us about the difficulty of achieving algorithmic fairness.

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Special Guest: Sandy Mason.
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