Cory Doctorow on Nostr: A study of London cops found that they "overwhelmingly overestimated the credibility" ...
A study of London cops found that they "overwhelmingly overestimated the credibility" of facial recognition and assessed its accuracy at 300% better than its actual performance.
Experts who are put in charge of overseeing an automated system get out of practice, because they no longer engage in the routine steps that lead up to the conclusion.
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