@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down118cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.www.nytimes.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square78fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•2 months agoThe algorithm: isSafe = random(); if isSafe >.5 println (“everything is fine\n”);
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoper the article, it’s rather better than that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•2 months agoI admit to having grossly oversimplified things. Sorry.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoI thought that would have been obvious to everyone already.
The algorithm:
isSafe = random();
if isSafe >.5 println (“everything is fine\n”);
per the article, it’s rather better than that.
I admit to having grossly oversimplified things. Sorry.
I thought that would have been obvious to everyone already.