Is AI deciding who's dangerous in Michigan prisons?
Despite headlines suggesting artificial intelligence will determine how dangerous someone might be, the nonprofit developing the software says AI plays no role in calculating security scores.
Key points
- However, Michigan says programs such as Violence Prevention Programming remain available at every general population security level.
- And can Michigan really predict prison violence more accurately without putting too much trust in a computer-generated score?
- Its team analyzed 10 years of Michigan prison classification data to help redesign the state's scoring process.
The software examines information already in prison records and calculates a score using factors selected by Michigan corrections experts.
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Additional details
- The Michigan Department of Corrections oversees approximately 32,000 incarcerated people statewide.
- But there's something important missing from early reports about Michigan prison AI.
- The Michigan Department of Corrections plans to begin testing the new system on Dec.
- Michigan is preparing to test new technology that could affect exactly that.
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