silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1483cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1483external-linkAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square71fedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·4 months agoThe algorithm: isSafe = random(); if isSafe >.5 println (“everything is fine\n”);
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoper the article, it’s rather better than that.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 months agoI admit to having grossly oversimplified things. Sorry.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 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.