Algorithms Should’ve Made Courts More Fair. What Went Wrong? | WIRED
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How these algorithms change the way justice is administered is largely unknown. Journalists and academics have shown that risk-scoring algorithms can be unfair or racially biased. The more crucial question of whether they help judges make better decisions and achieve the tools’ stated goals is largely unanswered.
The Kentucky study is one of the first in-depth, independent assessments of what happens when algorithms are injected into a justice system. It found that the project missed its goals and even created new inequities. “The impacts are different than what policymakers may have hoped for,” says Megan Stevenson, a law professor at George Mason University who authored that study.