Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System - Hardcover

Lin, Patrick K

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798885047944

Publisher: New Degree Press, 2022

Synopsis

"When today's technology relies on yesterday's data, it will simply mirror our past mistakes and biases."

AI and other high-tech tools embed and reinforce America's history of prejudice and exclusion - even when they are used with the best intentions. Patrick K. Lin's Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System takes a deep and thorough look into the use of technology in the criminal justice system, and investigates the instances of coded bias present at every level.

In this book, you'll learn how algorithms and high-tech tools are used in unexpected ways: suggesting which neighborhoods to police, predicting whether someone is more or less likely to commit a crime, and determining how long someone's prison sentence should be.

Machine See, Machine Do takes you on an eye-opening journey of discovery, encouraging you to think twice about our current system of justice and the technology that supposedly makes it more "objective" and "fair." If you are someone who cares deeply about criminal justice reform, is curious about the role of technology in our day-to-day lives, and ultimately believes we should aspire to make both of these spaces more ethical and safe, this book is for you.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick K. Lin is an attorney and researcher focused on AI, privacy, and technology regulation. He is the author of Machine See, Machine Do, a book that explores the ways public institutions use technology to surveil, police, and make decisions about the public, as well as the historical biases that impact that technology. Patrick has extensive experience in litigation and policy, having worked for the ACLU, FTC, EFF, and other organizations that advocate for digital rights and social justice. He is passionate about addressing the ethical and legal challenges posed by emerging technologies, especially in the areas of surveillance, algorithmic bias, and data privacy. Currently, he is a Technology & Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy. He has also published multiple articles and papers on topics such as facial recognition, data protection, and copyright law.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Degree Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798885047944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260