Today’s episode compares Nevada’s use of an artificial intelligence system to predict student success to the dystopian film Minority Report, where a pre-crime system uses algorithms to identify and arrest individuals before they commit crimes. Both systems rely on opaque algorithms to make decisions about people’s lives, without taking into account the nuances of individual circumstances. I argue that the AI system in Nevada is not only failing to accurately identify students at risk of academic failure, but is also denying them access to crucial support services, potentially exacerbating their struggles. This raises serious concerns about the ethical implications of using technology to make decisions about human lives, particularly when those decisions are based on incomplete and potentially biased data.

Here’s the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/pre-failure-how-ai-decides-the-fate

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