{"id":245,"date":"2025-03-17T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/metprogramnp\/?p=245"},"modified":"2025-03-17T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:30:50","slug":"weekly-task-11-detain-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/metprogramnp\/2025\/03\/17\/weekly-task-11-detain-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 11: Detain\/Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The detain and release task had me change my own internal bias midway through the activity as I noticed a trend and adjusted my own internal set of rules, my algorithm, for judging if a criminal should be detained or released. Due to my own internal belief in fairness I favoured \u201c[sacrificing] enormous efficiencies for the promise of fairness\u201d (O\u2019Neil, 2017a). Which meant individuals who had minimal evidence in their court cases and who were not at risk to reoffend were released. Usually those with drug offenses were marked as low risk of flight and reoffending but I noticed a trend developing, most of the drug offenses I released with low risk of flight ended up not appearing for their court date which resulted in me changing my detainment protocol and becoming far more willing to detain individuals. At the same time, crimes that seemed less dangerous such as Fraud ended up committing another violent crime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The algorithms seemed to relate fraud with low chances of reoffending which show an \u201calgorithm going bad due to neglect\u201d (O\u2019Neil, 2017b). Which made me realise that even though Jack Maple had good intentions to make a safer city for New York and how COMSAT initially was effective, it was the misunderstanding of its efficacy and bureaucratic malpractice that led to its abuse by authorities (Vogt, 2018). Even algorithms for social media were initially intended for users to find like minded groups and products for their interests. Yet now they are being used by the highest bidder to push forth a specific narrative or product to enrich the few or push an ideological ideal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

AI-informed decisions just like algorithms were designed to make the lives of workers and legal venues more objective and efficient. But these AI programs themselves are built with bias due to the prior cases and case laws already present in our world, inherently creating an ill-informed decision. Algorithms and AI should not take the final decision, but instead should be used to advise and recommend a path which should ultimately be left up to the judge, a council, or for a classroom, the teacher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Neil, C. (2017a, April 6). <\/span>Justice in the age of big data<\/span><\/i><\/a> TED. Retrieved August 12, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Neil, C. (2017b, July 16). <\/span>How can we stop algorithms telling lies?<\/span><\/a> The Observer<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vogt, P. (2018, October 12b). The Crime Machine, Part II (no. 128) [Audio podcast episode]. In <\/span>Reply All<\/span><\/i>. Gimlet Media.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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