97 - The Perils of Predictive Policing (& Automated Decision-Making)

Philosophical Disquisitions

One particularly important social institution is the police force, who are increasingly using technological tools to help efficiently and effectively deploy policing resources. I’ve covered criticisms of these tools in the past, but in this episode, my guest Daniel Susser has some novel perspectives to share on this topic, as well as some broader reflections on how humans can relate to machines in social decision-making. This one was a lot of fun and covered a lot of ground.

You can download the episode here or listen below. You can also subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and other podcasting services (the RSS feed is here).

Relevant Links

• Daniel's Homepage

• Daniel on Twitter

• 'Predictive Policing and the Ethics of Preemption' by Daniel

• 'Strange Loops: Apparent versus Actual Human Involvement in Automated Decision-Making' by Daniel (and Kiel Brennan-Marquez and Karen Levy)

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