David Colarusso on Nostr: 4/ The seed of the class was this reporting from 2016, "Machine Bias: There’s ...

4/ The seed of the class was this reporting from 2016, "Machine Bias: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks." In it, the authors describe the use of a risk assessment tool by courts deciding questions like the granting of bail. https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing