AI Bias and Discrimination
Algorithmic systems trained on historic policing data can reproduce and entrench the disparities present in that data. Documented accuracy gaps across demographic groups, the Public Sector Equality Duty, and the evidential difficulty of proving discrimination by algorithm are the recurring themes here.
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