Stephen E. Arnold: False Positives from Flawed Algorithms and Flawed Image Matching Ruin Lives
False Positives: The New Normal And this is why so many people are wary of handing too much power to algorithms. TechDirt reports, “School Security Software Decided Innocent Parent Is Actually a Registered Sex Offender.” That said, it seems some common sense on the part of the humans involved would have prevented the unwarranted humiliation. …