silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down118cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square83fedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down4·5 months agoThe algorithm: isSafe = random(); if isSafe >.5 println (“everything is fine\n”);
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 months agoper the article, it’s rather better than that.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·5 months agoI admit to having grossly oversimplified things. Sorry.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoI thought that would have been obvious to everyone already.
The algorithm:
isSafe = random();
if isSafe >.5 println (“everything is fine\n”);
per the article, it’s rather better than that.
I admit to having grossly oversimplified things. Sorry.
I thought that would have been obvious to everyone already.