Junk science (tech-related)

Jun 26, 2020 1 Replies

A computer algorithm that in essence analyzes face pics, attempts to categorize them by race, ethnicity, sex, and age, and spits out massaged historical arrest statistics for the particular demographic is a machine that predicts the past


The contention of other research is that such a decision-problem is not computable in any fashion that would have practical value.

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