Why using AI in policing decisions risks race and class bias

AI is rocking the world of policing — and the consequences are still unclear. 

British police are poised to go live with a predictive artificial intelligence system that will help officers assess the risk of suspects re-offending. 

It's not Minority Report (yet) but certainly sounds scary. Just like the evil AIs in the movies, this tool has an acronym: HART, which stands for Harm Assessment Risk Tool, and it's going live in Durham after a long trial. 

The system, which classifies suspects at a low, medium, or high risk of committing a future offence, was tested in 2013 using data that Durham police gathered from 2008 to 2012.  Read more...