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An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.

www.nytimes.com An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.

Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim may be abused again and what protection to provide — sometimes leading to fatal consequences.

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www.nytimes.com /interactive/2024/07/18/technology/spain-domestic-violence-viogen-algorithm.html

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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.

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