AllAnalytics - Jessica Davis - Algorithms and Ethics: Moral Considerations in AI

The city of Chicago is using an algorithm to predict whihch individuals are likely to be the victim or perpetrator of a crime. It sounds like the premise behind the TV show Person of Interest. Chicago, a city that has seen its crime rate surge, is using this algorithm in an attempt to help get crime under control. That's a good thing if it can help reduce crime. But there are ethical concerns about using data in this way. Do we want to predict the likelihood of someone committing a crime, like in the film Minority Report, and incarcerate them before the crime even happens?