Algorithms - Day 2

Today's lesson focused on algorithms. The young men read multiple texts before writing across multiple texts to demonstrate their understanding about algorithms, particularly algorithms in Chicago.  They read a 2017 article by a law professor from the University of the District of Columbia School of Law and excerpts from the book, The Master Algorithm. 

I informed the young men that they must develop a love affair with math and science because math and science have a love affair with them. We examined algorithms as an example. 

The Police Are Using Computer Algorithms to Tell If You’re a Threat

Ferguson is a professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law and the author of The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement.

Can a computer predict violence? In Chicago, Illinois, an algorithm rates every person arrested with a numerical threat score from 1 to 500-plus. The process has been going on for four years, and almost 400,000 Chicago citizens now have an official police risk score. This algorithm — still secret and publicly unaccountable — shapes policing strategy, the use of force, and threatens to alter suspicion on the streets. It is also the future of big data policing in America — and depending on how you see it, either an innovative approach to violence reduction or a terrifying example of data-driven social control.

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An Algorithm rates every person arrested with a numerical threat score from 1 to 500-plus. The legal system also uses computer’s algorithms to decide who should go to jail for longer, by accessing great a risk they are to society. A ‘’ secret formula ‘’ for engaging your potential ‘purpose, and the people around you. It’s about spending more time on things that really matter to you so that you get what you want out of life. I disagree because the police are invading are privacy and personal space. For example an attempt to apply a public health approach to violence algorithms are used. Fairness involves both how people get cored and how police treat those with threat scores. Relying on a black-box computer algorithm to rank threats in a society obviously creates  its own risk.

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Algorithms in Chicago

Algorithms are a very good approach because it gives you a good reality check on life and the things you would want to do with your life I would have a way different approach if had a feeling of being incarcerated be for making any decisions on the outside world.

That is a very good idea and I also learned that everybody incarcerated is not a horrible or bad person that some think they are and you learn that a horrible decision you make is always a regretting decision that you could of took a way different approach but some act out of anger be for thinking.

Algorithms are a success because it shows how you can decide on way better decisions for your life and your future I think this should be taught way more often to other people such as some on the outside world of some who are incarcerated.  

This also gives us a good knowledge and wisdom to us individuals and shows that you can actually learn and not keep yourself down it shows how you can overcome major obstacles in your life and how life is really worth living.

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      Algorithms in Chicago

Algorithms – a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

For example predictive policing is a form of algorithms. Recidivism is how the police take score its kind of like a point system how ever many times you have run in’s with the police and they take down your information you scored a point. However when you do its not a good thing because that’s how they determine how long they will keep you in jail or how high of a risk you are to society. Its kind of a good method to use I have to admit. However it can have its flaws because sometimes it might not be anything just a warning and look that’s a point. So its depending on the way they use it but algorithms can be good for you.

Predictive policing began in 2009as an attempt to apply a public health approach to violence.

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                                                 ALGORITHMS IN CHICAGO

ALOGORITHS IS A SET FORMULA ENGAGING YOUR POTENTIAL A PATTEREN OF RULES YOU NEED TO FOLLOW.

 

EXAMPLE:

PREDICTIVE POLICING IS MAKING DECISION BEFORE THINGS EVEN HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY SEE PATTERENS PEOPLE MAKE WHEN THEY GET THEIR SELF IN TROUBLE.

I REALLY FEEL ALOGORITHS SHOUNDNT WORK LIKE THAT BECAUSE GIVING SOMEONE A LOT OF TIME FOR SOMETHING THEY DID WRONG IS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE DID IT THEY LIFE SHOUNDNT BE TAKING AWAY FROM THEM SO FAST EVERYONE NEED A CHANCES TO LEARN FROM THEY MISTAKE.BUT YES I FEEL LIKE ALOGHRITMS IS RIGHT TO BECAUSE WITH OUT IT THINGS WILL BE OUT OF CONTROL BUT PEOPLE LIVES SHOULD NOT BE GONE SO FAST THAT’S LIKE IF THE POLICE DID SOMETHING WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM ? LIKE ITS NOT REALLY RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE WHO GETTING THEIR LIVES TO AWAY.

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Title: Algorithms in Chicago

Algorithms- a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

A Harvard mathematician is warning us about the big data is essentially driving inequality in society because mathematical computer algorithms are now in charge of making important decisions that can affect our daily lives, which would previously have been made by humans. If you do something wrong and get sent to prison, then you can expect to get your rights took away. Law enforcement is now using two computers of algorithms, predictive policing and recidivism risk scoring, in order to help them make decisions about which neighborhoods the police should target, if there looking to arrest someone. The legal system also uses computer algorithms to decide who should go to jail for longer, by accessing how great a risk they are to society. But my opinion on Algorithms is that I disagree with what there doing I think its not a proper way to fight crime its like there forming a way to target young people at a very young age I feel its not right. Its like were falling in there trap. An algorithms rates every person arrested with a numerical threat score from 1 to 500 I feel that the test shouldn’t be used anymore because a lot of people is not born in Chicago but move here because of family and the test basically to me is trying to prove us Chicago people is a threat but in reality they want to make us a threat to our community by feeding us knowledge like this article and algorithms test and scores.

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I learned that everybody has a risk score. It gives the judges the score to determine who has longer jail time. I also learned it is easier to break a word down  to sound out.

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Algorithms is a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem solving operations, especially by a computer. Police are using computer algorithms to tell if someone’s a threat. The legal system also uses computer algorithms to decide who should go to jail for longer, by accessing how great a risk they are to society. Law enforcements is now using two computer algorithms, namely predictive policing and recidivism risk score, in order to help them make decisions about which neighborhoods the police should interrogate if they’re looking to arrest criminals. In Chicago Illinois, an algorithms rates every person arrested with a numerical threat score from 1 to 500-plus. The process been going on for years, and almost 400,000 Chicago citizens now have an official risk score. Algorithms is the future of big data policing in America. But depending on how you see it, either an innovative approach to violence reduction or a terrifying example of data driven social control. In my opinion I disagree with algorithms the way the police are using it because they are using technology to predict a score  to build up on someone so they can target him or her. The younger the age the higher the score the computer then crunches the variable and spits out a relative threat score to determine a likelihood or either shooting someone or getting shot. This is the risk score that places someone on the heat list.