Bloomberg Opinion: Here's an algorithm for defunding the police

June 19, 2020

Cathy O'Neil

ORCAA founder and CEO Cathy O’Neil writes about how crime risk scoring algorithms, which have shown to be biased, could be repurposed to improve equity.

Read the whole essay here.

Cathy O'Neil

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