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When Your AI Judge Recommends a Sentence Based on a Typo
In this episode of AI Ethics with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the hidden dangers of predictive algorithms in the criminal justice system. They focus on a real 2023 case from Rhode Island where a sentencing algorithm recommended a longer prison term because a probation officer misspelled a defendant's name, causing the system to pull in decades-old records from a different person. The hosts discuss how such errors are not bugs but features of brittle systems, why 'garbage in, gospel out' persists in courtrooms, and what reforms are gaining traction in 2026, including the Pretrial Integrity…
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