I also know that I cannot tell the difference between two IPv6 addresses because they all merge into an indiscernible blur inside my head
I also know that I cannot tell the difference between two IPv6 addresses because they all merge into an indiscernible blur inside my head
Forgive them. They aren’t used to choosing their browser yet.
I really have a hard time deciding if that is the scandal the article makes it out to be (although there is some backpedaling going on). The crucial point is: 8% of the decisions turn out to be wrong or misjudged. The article seems to want us to think that the use of the algorithm is to blame. Yet, is it? Is there evidence that a human would have judged those cases differently? Is there evidence that the algorithm does a worse job than humans? If not, then the article devolves onto blatant fear mongering and the message turns from “algorithm is to blame for deaths” into “algorithm unable to predict the future in 100% of cases”, which of course it can’t…