Algorithms · December 2021Gaffe level: Blunder
Crime Prediction Software Promised to Be Free of Biases. New Data Shows It Perpetuates Them
A crime-prediction tool marketed as free of human bias was shown to reproduce the same old racial disparities in its risk scores. Turns out laundering bias through math does not clean it.
Source: The Markup
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah