EPISODE · Aug 23, 2026 · 4 MIN
The algorithm that denied bail: what a 2016 courtroom controversy still teaches us about AI fairness
from Leaders Insights — AI · host Leaders Insights
In 2016, an algorithm called COMPAS was put under the microscope by ProPublica journalists, and what they found split the AI community down the middle. The argument that followed is one of the clearest illustrations of why "fairness" in AI is not a technical setting you dial in, but a choice with real consequences.
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