▲ 216 ▼ Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage (www.propublica.org) submitted 2 years ago by Zen@biglemmowski.win to c/technology@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Quetzlcoatl@sh.itjust.works 81 points 2 years ago* (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is it really any different than when the formula did it? When Apple launched their credit card it was super biased against applicants with female names. They blamed it on the formula. Ai is just the newest fancy word for programming. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) By formula do you mean algorithm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is an algorithm not a formula? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* Some algorithms might be able to be written as formulas but generally no. An algorithm is a repetition of steps to achieve a desired result and does not have a fixed way of representing itself because it could make different decisions along the way in different situations. A sorting algorithm is not a formula, for example. Formulas are mathematical or logical expressions that can be evaluated. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ech@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago The AI has denied your cancer treatment claim. you insurance based on your genetic history for cancer, thanks to buying your genome from [insert company that bought out 23andMe/Ancestry.com] ftfy permalink fedilink source parent [–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago So, really not any different than now permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is it really any different than when the formula did it? When Apple launched their credit card it was super biased against applicants with female names. They blamed it on the formula. Ai is just the newest fancy word for programming. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) By formula do you mean algorithm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is an algorithm not a formula? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* Some algorithms might be able to be written as formulas but generally no. An algorithm is a repetition of steps to achieve a desired result and does not have a fixed way of representing itself because it could make different decisions along the way in different situations. A sorting algorithm is not a formula, for example. Formulas are mathematical or logical expressions that can be evaluated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) By formula do you mean algorithm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is an algorithm not a formula? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* Some algorithms might be able to be written as formulas but generally no. An algorithm is a repetition of steps to achieve a desired result and does not have a fixed way of representing itself because it could make different decisions along the way in different situations. A sorting algorithm is not a formula, for example. Formulas are mathematical or logical expressions that can be evaluated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is an algorithm not a formula? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* Some algorithms might be able to be written as formulas but generally no. An algorithm is a repetition of steps to achieve a desired result and does not have a fixed way of representing itself because it could make different decisions along the way in different situations. A sorting algorithm is not a formula, for example. Formulas are mathematical or logical expressions that can be evaluated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* Some algorithms might be able to be written as formulas but generally no. An algorithm is a repetition of steps to achieve a desired result and does not have a fixed way of representing itself because it could make different decisions along the way in different situations. A sorting algorithm is not a formula, for example. Formulas are mathematical or logical expressions that can be evaluated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ech@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago The AI has denied your cancer treatment claim. you insurance based on your genetic history for cancer, thanks to buying your genome from [insert company that bought out 23andMe/Ancestry.com] ftfy permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago So, really not any different than now permalink fedilink source parent