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SUMMARY:The Algorithm is Going to Get You: Should We Fear the Rise of Arti
 ficial Intelligence in Criminal Justice? - Matthew Bland\, Institute of Cr
 iminology
DTSTART:20190430T181500Z
DTEND:20190430T203000Z
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CONTACT:Peter Watson
DESCRIPTION:With the use of artificial intelligence techniques increasingl
 y prominent in public discourse\, there have been several recent examples 
 of the media focussing attention on the use of algorithms in criminal just
 ice settings. The prevailing sentiment of these pieces has been one of str
 ong caution. A typical consumer of these stories may be left with the sens
 e that algorithms can only lead to at best\, a biased outcome and that it 
 would be far better to leave practitioners to their own professional judge
 ments. In this talk I will expand on this important debate in detail\, wit
 h specific references to my experiences of working with machine-learning t
 echniques in criminal justice forecasts in domestic abuse cases\, reoffend
 ing and case solvability. My discussion will be mostly non-technical but I
  draw on practical examples of the use of these methods to illustrate issu
 es around ethics\, bias and implementation.
LOCATION:Amgen Ltd\, Cambridge Science Park\, Milton Road\, Cambridge CB4 
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