Would you trust an algorithm that is 65% accurate in handing out prison sentences?

I’m pretty sure you would not — yet, the flawed COMPAS risk score is being used all the time by U.S. courts.

I’m pretty sure you would not — yet, the flawed COMPAS risk score is being used all the time by U.S. courts. In 2015, the company Northpointe came up with a risk score to help judges in handing out sentences. The Violent Recidivism Scale is used to assess how likely an individual facing conviction is to commit…