Post #673813
2024-03-21 22:17 UTC
Colorado's star DNA analyst intentionally manipulated data and affected more than 650 cases.
The U.S. government increasingly uses difficult to scrutinize, ML-based decision systems to convict and incarcerate people, such as facial recognition, gunshot detection, and probabilistic genotyping tools. Our #chi2024 paper asks what challenges do people face contesting these systems in court?
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/colorados-star-dna-analyst-intentionally-manipulated-data-investigation-finds-eff028ac
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@Niloufar@hci.social 2024-03-21 22:17
Defense teams face challenges assessing and contesting reliability due to difficulties (a) navigating how these tools are developed and used, (b) overcoming judges and jurors' non-critical perceptions of the technology, and (c) gathering technical expertise. Technical and policy interventions are urgently needed to help public defenders overcome these challenges. (Beyond) Reasonable Doubt: Challenges that Public Defenders Face in Scrutinizing AI in Court https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13004 #chi2024