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Products pulled from the shelves turkey backs a boycott in retaliation for comments about islam. Donald trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme court has officially been confirmed as the countrys newest top judge. The nomination of any county indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. And hes on the ballots appointment was approved in a vote by the Republican Controlled Senate should not be sworn in at the white house the confirmation means the countrys highest court now has a conservative majority no nominee has ever been confirmed this close to a president ial election lets go to alan fischer whos live for us in washington d. C. The democrats really did not want this to happen but it didnt seem to matter what they tried the republicans were determined that this was going to go through. 30 days from her nomination until her confirmation not the fastest in Supreme Court history but very fast particularly when you add in to the fact that the election is already underway as Many Democrats pointed out more than 30000000 votes have already been cast they argued that it would be better to leave this nomination to the next president and if that was donald trump then that was donald trump there of course banking on the whole that it will be joe biden they i tried to bring in Public Opinion they said if it is confirmed then that could be a difficulty for the Affordable Care act it could mean preexisting conditions will no longer be covered by Insurance Companies if she makes the ruling that they think she will make with a hearing jew at the Supreme Court the week after the election they tried every possible step the even tried stilly Senate Sitting until november the 8th and that was defeated as well in the end the reality was the electoral maps just didnt add up they were never going to be able to block this in the senate and if you take away all the politics what has happened here is that a democratically elected president made a nomination for the Supreme Court to the senate and the republican by Senate Passed that it may not be what the democrats want to hear but thats a reality of what has happened in the next few minutes were expecting her to take her constitutional oath she will then be given a judicial oath at the Supreme Court on tuesday that will be administered by chief Justice John Rogers were also exist john roberts were also expecting donald trump to be at the white house as well to perhaps make a few remarks but certainly not what the democrats wanted to see the republicans believe this is a big when particularly as it comes just a week before the president ial election lets just talk about that out and as we wait for him in Coney Barrett to come out the fact that it is so close to the election. Has been a significant factor in this particularly with concerns by the democrats that if there is any jubei it say over the results of the election that it could come down to a decision by the Supreme Court as to the outcome eventually of the election and possibly another 4 years for donald trump. Well you know there has been just in the last couple of hours a decision from the Supreme Court about elections and it went 5. 00 to 3. 00 in favor of the conservative majority saying that wisconsin would have to abide by a lower courts decision which means that all mail in ballots have to be counted on the day of the election something donald trump has been talking a lot about particularly in the last couple of hours on twitter and for Many Democrats that signifies that donald trump is getting the Supreme Court he wants and hes just adding another vote on to that with the appointment of amy connie babbitt many people go back to gore versus bush remember that in 2000 the decision of the election many people believe was decided by the Supreme Court when they ordered florida d to stop counting ballots you see the reflection there so that is why there is concern as far as many people are concerned just looking on social media in the last hour its interesting to see that Many Democrats are already saying ok if these are the rules thats the rules were going to play with so lets see how the election falls and if the democrats win the white house and when the senate then there is the possibility that they will expand the court theres nothing in the constitution that says the u. S. Supreme court has to be one just as if it could be 13 which would give joe biden a lot of picks and that could go through the senate very quickly indeed if the democrats were minded that way what joe biden has said is that hes not overly keen on packing the court what he would much rather do is set up a commission to look at the Judicial Branch and in 180. 00 days come back with recommendations so that could change the face of what is happening in the United States and in particular in the Supreme Court and im just seeing in our pictures amy Connie Bennett is going to be entering pretty soon as the 1st lady maloney a trump arriving there its interesting to note that it will be the 1st justice was School Age Children ever to sit on the Supreme Court these are Lifetime Appointments shes still in her late fortys she could sit on the court for another 30 years that is why these appointments are considered so important so significant. And allan just as more waiting we are expecting her to turn up at any any moment but it is worth pointing out that the decisions that have been made now it looks as though a macone about has come out with the president on all fronts so lets just cross over and follow these pictures and find out what they are going to be saying. And. One. Of the and. The and the and thank you very much appreciate it thank you very much stiglers guests and my fellow citizens this is a momentous day for america for the United States constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law the constitution is the ultimate defense of american liberty the faithful application of the law is the cornerstone of our republic that is why as president i have no more solemn obligation and no greater honor than to appoint Supreme Court justices on this october evening and it is so beautiful the 1st lady and i welcome you to the white has to bear witness to history. In a few moments we will proudly swear in the newest member of the United States Supreme Court justice Amy Kone Barrett will and. She is one of our nations most brilliant legal scholars and she will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in our land justice parents both will be had ministered by the courts longest serving member currently on the bench a man whose allegiance to the law has earned him the respect and gratitude of all americans Justice Clarence thomas will and thank our country owes a great debt of thanks to Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell we appreciate it very much bench thank you thank you thank you and were grateful as well to be said judiciary chairman Lindsey Graham thank you lindsey thank you also with us senators why schip blackburn might braun bill Cassidy Kevin kramer Ted Cruz Steve de needs ron Johnson James lankford mike lee and Martha Mc Sally and i hope i didnt leave anybody out thank you and a very special thanks to our great Vice President mike pence thank you my thank you. Also i want to think what has cancel pat simple any thank you pat thank you. And very importantly i want to welcome just as parents has been and jesse thank you jesse. Thank you. Know we also recognize your 7 children your great beautiful children with become really just very very popular in this nation and people have been watching them and loving them many theyre watching right down back home in indiana thank you very much. But i speak to everyone when i say that the barack family has captured americas heart it is highly fitting that just as barack fills the seat of a true pioneer for women the Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg tonight justice becomes not only the 5th women to serve on our nations highest court but the very 1st mother of School Aged Children to become a Supreme Court justice very important. Over the past few weeks the entire world has seen just as parents deep knowledge tremendous poise and towering intellect she answered questions for hours on end throughout her entire confirmation her impeccable credentials were unquestioned unchallenged and obvious to all. Justice barrett earned a full academic scholarship to Notre Dame Law School graduated 1st in her class and served as a player for Justice Antonin Scalia she was a beloved professor at Notre Dame Law School for 15 years before i very proudly appointed her to the u. S. Circuit court of appeals for the 7th circuit in 2017 the American People have been profoundly impressed to learn a variety of mincer compassion her generosity of faith and her sterling character Justice Barrett made clear she will issue a ruling space solely upon a faithful reading of the law and the constitution as written not legislate from the bench the equal impartial and constitutional rule of law that we enjoy every day in america is one of the crowning achievements in the history of human civilization it is the triumph of reason experience and the values which are eternal and everlasting our devotion to this inheritances is what has made america the most just exceptional and glorious nation ever to exist. I want every american child watching to understand that this is a very special and important ceremony we are fulfilling the duty that passes to each new generation to sustain the National Traditions and virtues that make possible everything we have achieved before that we will do tomorrow that because of our constitution and our culture of freedom you live in a land where anything is possible and were any dream can come true no matter who you are no matter your background in america everyone is entitled to equal protection under our laws and your sacred rights can never ever be taken away the march of liberty that began with the American Revolution continues onward this evening tonight at the white house we Carry Forward the cause of freedom equality and justice for which so many generations of americans have given so much we honor the cause for which men died to win the civil war and for which they jumped out of vera plains and shed their blood on distant battlefields we honor the immortal principles inspired millions in the struggle for civil rights and we take special pride in the nation that inspires billions of people all over the world we must never take this radiant inheritance for granted we must never lose confidence in our history our heritage or in our heroes to reach for the stars we must stand upon the strong and Sturdy Foundation built by those incredible americans who came before. Just as parrot as you take your oath tonight the legacy of our ancestors falsity is the American People put their trust in year and their faith a year as you take up the task of defending our laws our constitution and this country that we all. We ask god to give you is them in carriage i know you will make us all very very proud as long as we are loyal to our founding and to our fellow citizens americas future will be bright americas destiny will be great and americas people will for ever and always be free i now ask Justice Thomas to administer the oath thank you very much. The old. He knew there was where i will work with him because he didnt. Go for it. Against it for. Me for i do not think that i can say no to the state but i will bear a good thing that i take this obligation freely that i hate it obligation me without any mental reservation without getting into a rather big for a purpose. Or a part of it may. Well have been the story that i will blow a police car but ill be off the farm with. The kiddy ok ok with that so dont go so poppy. Thank you well thank you elaine the old. Road thank you thank you so very much. Thank you all for being here tonight and thank you president for selecting me to serve as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court its a privilege to be asked to serve my country and this office and i stand here tonight truly honored and humbled thanks also to the senate for giving its consent to my appointment. I am grateful for the confidence you have expressed in me and i pledge to you and to the American People that i will discharge my duties to the very best of my ability this was a rigorous confirmation process and i thank all of you especially leader mcconnell and chairman graham for helping me to navigate it my heartfelt thanks go to the members of the white house staff and department of justice who worked tirelessly to support me through this process your stamina is remarkable and i have been the beneficiary of it jessie and i are also so grateful to the many people have supported who have supported our family over these last several weeks through ways both tangible and intangible you have made this day possible jesse and i have been truly awestruck by your generosity i have spent a good amount of time over the last month of the senate both in meetings with individual senators and in days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary committee the confirmation process has made ever clearer to me one of the fundamental differences between the federal judiciary and the United States senate and perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences it is the job of a senator to pursue her policy preferences in fact it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside by contrast it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences it would be a dereliction of duty for her to give in to them. Federal judges dont stand for election thus they have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people this separation of duty from political preference is what makes the judiciary distinct among the 3 branches of government a judge declares independence not only from congress and the president but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her the judicial oath captures the essence of the judicial duty the rule of law must always control my fellow americans even though we judges dont face elections we still work for you it is your constitution that establishes the rule of law and the Judicial Independence that is so central to it the oath that i have silently taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences i love the constitution and the democratic republic that it establishes and i will devote myself to preserving it thank you. Youre watching all of us here that was the newest appointee to the u. S. Supreme court amy corney about it speaking just after she was sworn in by Justice Clarence thomas preceded by a speech by the president of the United States i want to bring in. Who has been talking to us over the last couple of minutes for that while last few minutes i said since 800 fisher in washington d. C. Whos following this for us one of the most significant things that i picked up al and that was the fact that she made a point they are saying a judge declares independence not only from congress and president but also from private beliefs the rule of law must always control she said. Its a point she made during her confirmation hearings and you remember i was on the hill for as long as she was a she was giving her testimony over 4 days the hearings took place and she constantly said its the judge really cant listen to this either the law makers of the president theyve got to decide on the law and the constitution now that may be signaling to democrats look you have nothing to worry about about this appointment im going to apply the law as i see it but they point to previous comments as an academic some of the stances that shes taken while being a law lecturer at notre dame and on the Appeals Court as well and theyre concerned they think that this does tell lissa priem court with a conservative majority of 6. 00 to 3. 00 its interesting that donald trump in his speech did not cross about the victory it is an election victory for him it is a big win for him just a week before the election but he sounded to borrow a phrase almost president ial that the occasion was more important than Party Politics which is not something that donald trump has often been able to separate but he was very disciplined this time around made his comments and then got off the stage to a low. To make her opening introduction essentially to many people in the United States is just gone 9 oclock here on the east coast of the United States this is being covered by all the Television Networks and for many this would be their introduction to the newest Supreme Court justice this is her talking in prime time across the u. S. So also 3 year time for donald trump a week before the election exactly and that is of course coming a week before the election the next stage shes going to have in terms of the dealing with the legislation is going to be the Affordable Care act which is going to come up in the next few weeks for now alan fischer on capitol hill thank you for watching deep. Alan go ahead as the answer. Yeah there just got to me at one point shes now a justice of the Supreme Court just in the last few hours the Supreme Court made a decision about voting in wisconsin as of to morrow if there was a case that was unfair to the Supreme Court equally bad it could hear it so although the biggest case that people have been focusing on is the Affordable Care act one week after the election she starts to hear cases as of to morrow so if anything election related or whatever is sent to the Supreme Court and they decide to hear that they feel they have to make a judgment on it amy corny but its voice will register just as much as clams thomas and as you heard hes been on the court since 199129 years so hard voice is known as important as his and that starts as off to morrow and i would imagine alan given that that if she thought she was under scrutiny in the run up to this shes going to be watching very very closely from this point on allan thank you very much indeed ok lets move on to other news the World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their efforts to contain the new surge of Coronavirus Infections the w. H. O. As director general admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but hes warning against giving up the fight as comments come a day after president trumps chief of staff said the administrations focus had moved to mitigation of the virus not stamping it out the u. S. Has been hardest hit globally and infections are still on the rise but President Donald Trump insists cases are up because those more testing. Turkeys president is the latest to call for a boycott on french goods following president emanuel knock holes comments about islam and muslims once tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in French Society after a teacher was beheaded earlier this month mohammad evolve reports. Palestinian israeli protest against from outside the french ambassadors residence in tel aviv 6. Its a part of a wave of anger off the french president Manuel Mccraw refused to and also controversial cartoons depicting islams prophet mohammed earlier this month french teacher some your party was beheaded by a church an attack after he showed his students the caricatures during a class on freedom of expression muslims consider it to blasphemy to show any depiction of the prophet french officials insist its an act of freedom of speech. The idea of serious war stricken city over it believe protesters made theyll voice head. In dakar the capital of bangladesh they described mccrone as an enemy of peace but im going to get the money if you have no idea about the strains of muslims if we rise you will see that so be careful that im a member of the bundle of this you protesters held up signs with words from turkish president theres a plate of the one who has said president needs a Mental Health test. If i also recall that some pastor the turkey in protest accusing of even failing to condemn the murder of sammy apart on monday the turkish leaders spoke smatter sponsored by strongly condemning what he called the most famous murder of party but president of the one has thrown his weight behind the Boycott Campaign should be banned im now telling my nation just as the saying in france not to buy anything from turkish brands i call on my nation here now do not Pay Attention to french labeled goods do not buy them. Commercial businesses in our countries including kuwait morrocco our do you have palestine and jordan have taken measures to boycott french products and we are which is leading retailer with more than 40 supermarkets across the country has been the 1st to decide a total withdrawal of french products they say it is a voluntary decision but it reflects the collective desire of its customers. About 50 french brands have been removed from the shelves they include food items perfumes daily hygiene and Beauty Products that have the mark of a mirror of i commend this decision by a mirror and i hope that other Companies Follow its example this is the strongest weapon we have right now. At this Shopping Mall in jordan of science reads in solidarity with Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him or the french products are boycotting supporters of the boycott hope it will produce results. Its a statement of opposition and im sure it will reach the french officials and will certainly make a difference fyles has criticised the boycott and asked for it to be stopped but president insists his country will never give in to pressure of any kind and will continue to fight what he called islamic separatism. A disease. This is all to say with these of the top stories donald trump was picked for the u. S. Supreme court has been sworn in as the countrys newest top judge amy coney by its appointment was approved in a vote by the Republican Controlled Senate it means the top court not has a conservative majority it is your constitution that establishes the rule of law and the Judicial Independence that is so central to it the oath that i have taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences the World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their battles against new surges of Coronavirus Infections they dont see admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but its cautioned against giving up on the fight president s vision Tayyip Erdogan has called on talks to boycott french goods as tensions rise over emanuel microphones plans to reform islam in france has called for tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in French Society that on questions president marcos attitude towards islam and muslims frances recall that some basuto from turkey. Less than a day after it came into effect in a 3rd attempt to add a cease fire between us and by john and by many other appears to be in jeopardy both sides have accused the other of breaking the truce this one mediated by the United States a media says at least one civilian has died the 2 sides have been fighting over the disputed territory of nagornokarabakh which is part of azerbaijan but its controlled by ethnic on medians. Libyas National Oil Corporation says its reopened its last oil field in the all libyan oil exports was stopped in january by a wall of clay for half tones forces based in the east mondays decision on the field sites means all libyas ports of facilities can potentially resume production nasa says its found water on the moon and that theres more of it than it 1st thought the u. S. Space agencys unveiled its 1st detection of water molecules in the lunar surface those are the headlines these continues in aljazeera after all hail the algorithm that by. Trust is fundamental to all our relationships not just with our family and friends we trust banks with our money we trust doctors without really personal information. But what happens to trust in a world driven by algorithms as more and more decisions are made for us by these complex piece of code the question that comes up is inevitable can we trust algorithms. From google searches to g. P. S. Navigation algorithms are everywhere we dont really think too much about them but increasingly governments cooper ations and various institutions are using them to make decisions about us who gets Public Services who gets to nod how people are monitored and policed how insurance is challenged. I want to start here in australia where an algorithm used by the government has resulted in more than 400000 people being in debt to the countrys welfare System Center like its been called the road at scandal. Back in 2016 a decision was made to fully automate a key part of the astrology and welfare system the part where the earnings of low income people are compared with the amount of government money they received the government says they do this to ensure the right amount of Financial Assistance has been that all the data matching algorithm officially called the on line compliance intervention had been in place since 2011 any discrepancies previously flagged by this. System were investigated by government employees. With automation all human checks were removed the government had instituted an algorithm that essentially said lets match 2 lots of data together and mash them together and see if people have a dead cert some of the math was just bad just plain wrong like it was spread shapes that mashing the cells together in the cells to chop actual is a generalist whos been reporting on the road that story since it broke shes also an activist one of the chief organizes of the not why did ross Roots Campaign often people didnt realize that this was automated in the 1st place and it wasnt until we started getting people talking together on social media on twitter that we realized. Actually its the government has found it was almost like 100000 people have been gaslighted into thinking they had done the wrong thing that it was their fault and their outrage when they realised that there was a fault in the actual algorithm in the car and the Australian Government disagrees we are doing. What. We are. And we. Are more chicks is a bit of an understatement the old system resulted in around 20000 descript c notices a year but in the early days of the new Automated System that jumped 220008 week. More than a 1000000 letters have been sent out by the algorithm sometimes disputing government payments from us fall back a city and what was even worse was the systems were imposed on paper with intellectual disabilities with homelessness with. Is Chronic Health issues people who were barely literate or not literate all people who didnt know how to use a Computer People who were living in remote communities without access to internet people who just had no bloody clue how to deal with this sort of administrative bureaucratic bumble. David begnaud was notified he correctly declared his income from a teaching job while he was on a disability pension back in 2011. Debt ready 4088. 00. Rather disease its weathering an accusation toward you that youve somehow done the wrong thing unknowing head on want to details of your item or did and i was told i couldnt have that and the reason i was taught was that the computer post moves and then sources a piece of information another person here another person in the business and they cant provide all that to me is a comes in to many places and it was simpler but in other words the older or the ms inscrutable its totally normal even the staff dont really understand it broken can you tell me how much evidence or how much notification to send only provide you proving that there was a day when you provide me with anything other than this election and think that i have finally my text message. To say hi the money you our us is doing today. The fact that you couldnt get any concrete evidence about this is how we have calculated your days here is what you hear the hours you work. That really i found. It sure any confidence that i had in the government will do the right thing the fact that i couldnt prove to me that i owed the money. Really concern me you know find that youre seeing a letter in the mail thats generated by an ai that essentially says the government wants to let you know that we underpay jews by 5000. 00 or that you should have been eligible for the services that we didnt tell you death or were telling you now and we can back pay and nobody gets back hide in fact youre only eligible for like back pay i think its 6 weeks of government service. That the government can right by getting back for many many years automation computerize ation algorithmic ties ation if thats even a word theyre always sold to us as such a positive thing all upside no downside as a stroll is department of Human Services put it computerized Decision Making can reduce red tape ensure decisions are consistent and create greater efficiencies for recipients and the department the problem is how the challenge a system that has no facts no name and no besides the bottom of your letter say you know im in charge of this. Good afternoon welcome to the department of human sense like on a good day heated up sitting on hold for a couple hours to speak to a human the real question is how does it come about that the government has either pay people but billions. Because really. The criminal waste is occurring at the end of the governments line its the government thats doing this otherwise youre saying 100000 citizens have made mistakes if thats the case then the system is too difficult for people to negotiate so im not here shaking my fist at technology its not digitals fault its not computers fault this system has been you know designed you know quite explicitly you know by government governments responsible for its failures and governments are really responsible for the hell theyre putting all sorts of welfare recipients through unfairly by issuing them. This is something i heard from virtually everyone i spoke to about wrote it they said were not against technology its not like algorithms are all bad its the people and the institutions designing these codes we cant seem to trust and this really gets to the heart of our relationship with algorithms there are often complex hidden behind walls of secrecy with no way for those whose lives are actually impacted by them to probe them because theyve been kept off limits. Despite all the criticism and even a formal inquiry government stands by its algorithm and automation in the welfare system. We do have compliance i mean. We pick out 300000000. 00. Through that. And we will continue. There are at least 20 different laws in australia that explicitly enable algorithms to make decisions previously made by ministers will start we dont really know the full extent of how these are being applied but there are places around the world where the use of algorithms are even more widespread. Like here in the United States where algorithms are being used to make Big Decisions across everything from the criminal Justice System Health Education and employer. And the United States has a longer history of algorithm use than many other countries Silicon Valley is a big reason for that of course but also theres much looser regulation here on how private companies and governments can collect and use data before theyre studying the effects of algorithms on American Society one thing is clear often its poor marginalized to get the west to. My my way or no prochoice in new york state to me weve been ginning you think shes the authority on everything to do with the border mating inequality actually the title of one of the books the genius says americas poor and working class have long been subject to invasive surveillance and punitive policies she writes about prison like poor houses of the 19th century the bad conditions with thought to discourage undeserving poor from supposedly taking advantage of the system. What i see as being part of the digital poorhouse are things like automated Decision Making tools statistical models that make risk predictions about how people are going to behave in the future or algorithms that match people to resources and the reason i think of them as a digital poor house is because that the decision that we made an 820. 00 to build actual poorhouses was a decision that Public Service systems should 1st and foremost be moral thermometers that they should act to decide who is most deserving of receiving their basic human rights the genius studies into the automation of Public Services in the United States points to developments in the late sixtys and seventys along with the Civil Rights Movement came a push for welfare rights people are forced to live in the most human situations because of poverty africanamericans and unmarried women who were previously bought from receiving public funds could now demand state support when they need to do. Well technology was touted as a way to distribute Financial Aid more efficiently it almost immediately began to serve as a tool to limit the number of people getting support so you have this moment in history where theres a recession and a backlash against social spending and social movement thats winning successes that and discriminatory treatment and there really is no way to close the roles they cant close the roles the way they had in the past which is just discriminating against people and thats the moment we see these tools start to be integrated into public assistance i think its really important to understand that history i think too often we think of the systems us just simple administrative upgrades sort of natural and inevitable but in fact there are systems that make really important conflict. Political decisions for us and they were from the beginning supposed to solve political problems among them. The power and the solidarity of poor working people in the only 970 s. Close to 50 percent of those living below the poverty line in the United States receive some form of cash welfare from the government today its less than 10 percent in public assistance the assumption of many folks who have not had direct experience with these systems is that theyre set up to help you succeed they are not in fact set up to say help you succeed and theyre very complicated systems that are very diversionary that are needlessly complex and that are incredibly stigmatizing and emotionally very difficult so it shouldnt then surprise us that a tool that makes that system faster. More efficient and more Cost Effective furthers that purpose of diverting people from the resources that they that they need having algorithms make decisions such as who gets Financial Aid who owes money back to the government has caused concern among many different groups but whats causing a full on panic for some is the fact that algorithms are being used to actually make predictions about people one of the most controversial examples is the correctional offender management profiling for alternative sanctions its a bit of a mouthful but it sure is compass and its an algorithm thats been used in courtrooms across the country to assist judges during sentencing now of course algorithms caught way up arguments analyze evidence or assess remorse but what they are be useful is to produce something known as a Risk Assessment school to predict the likelihood of a defendant committing another crime in the future the school is then used by judges to help them determine who should be released and who should be detained pending trial. Now the judge has to consider a couple factors here theres Public Safety and flight risk on the one hand but then there are the real costs social and financial of the tension on the defendant on their family on the other now historically what happens is the judge looks into the defendants eyes and tries to say ok youre a high risk person or your low risk person i trust your i dont trust you now what algorithms are helping us to do is make those decisions better the compass algorithm was brought in to offset balance out inconsistency is in human judgment the assumption being of course that a piece of code would always be less biased and listen to prejudice however compass is faced several criticisms primarily accusations of racial bias inaccuracy and lack of transparency in 2016 a man named eric loomis sentenced to 6 years in prison took his case to the wood sconce and state Supreme Court his allegation was that the use of compass violated his right to due process it made it impossible for him to appeal his sentence since the algorithm is a black box impenetrable unquestionable. Eric loomis didnt get very far the Supreme Court ruled the use of compass in his sentencing was legal the verdict tell about revealed the ways in which the ever increasing use of algorithms is being normalized the court had a funny argument saying that nobody knows where these decisions are coming from and so its its ok you know its not that the state has some particular advantage over the defendant but that everyone is that this sort of equal Playing Field and its not that theres an informational advantage for one side or the other to me i find that somewhat dissatisfied and i do think that in these high stakes decisions particular in the criminal Justice System we dont just want to have an equal Playing Field of no one knows but i think we need to have an equal Playing Field of Everybody Knows we need to have this transparency bill clinton. System for the record equivalent the company that sells Compass Software has defended its algorithm it points to Research Commissions that the Company Meets industry standards for fantasy and accuracy whether compass most of the privately developed algorithms meet acceptable standards for transparency is another question even when they are used in the provision of Public Services algorithms are often closed to the public they cannot be scrutinized regardless of that sharon says that in certain cases he would still be comfortable being judged by a group bust algorithm so i do think its true that many of the people in the criminal Justice System are the most disadvantaged and the reality is they probably dont have a lot of say in their futures in their fates and how these algorithms are going to evaluate them. And whether this would happen if more powerful people are being judged by these algorithms i dont know now me personally i would rather be judged by a well designed algorithm a human in part because i believe the statistical. Methods for suffering risk in fact are better than humans in many situations and it can at least one as well designed eliminate a lot of these biases that that human Decision Makers often exhibit the United States has a massive Racial Discrimination problem and Public Services thats real so it is really understandable when agencies want to create tools that can help them keep an eye on frontline Decision Making in order to maybe identified discriminatory Decision Making and correct it the problem is that thats not actually the point at which discriminating discrimination is entering the system and this is one of my huge concerns about these kinds of systems is they tend to only understand discrimination as something bad. It is the result of an individual who is making ever actionable decisions. And they dont these systems are not as good at identifying bias that is systemic and structural the promise of algorithms is that we can mitigate the by sees that human Decision Makers always have you know we always were always responding to the way somebody looks who is we somebody acts and even if we try as hard as we can and if we really have these good intentions of the try to just focus on what matters i think is exceptionally difficult now that again is the promise of algorithms the reality is much more complicated the reality is that algorithms are trained on past human decisions theyre built by fallible humans them selves in so theres still this possibility that that by sees creep into the development and application of these algorithms but certainly the promise is that we can least make the situation better than it currently is one of the things im really concerned about about these systems is that they seem to be part of a philosophy that increasingly sees human Decision Making as a black box and unknowable and computer Decision Making as transparent and accountable. And that to me is really frightening because of course computer Decision Making is not as objective and is not as unbiased as it seems at 1st glance we build bias into our technologies just like we build them into our right we teach our technologies to discriminate. But on the other hand peoples Decision Making is actually not that opaque we can ask people about why theyre making the decisions theyre making that can be part of their professional development and i think this idea that human Decision Making is somehow unknowable is a sort of ethical abandonment of the possibility to grow and to change that we really really need as a society to truly address the systemic roots of racism and classism and sexism in our society so it feels to me like were saying will never understand why people make discriminatory decisions so lets just let the computer make it and i think thats a mistake i think thats it a tragic mistake that will lead to a lot of suffering for a lot of people. So going back to the question that started us on this journey can we trust elders thats the biggest thing ive learned from speaking with i should be genius in many others is that ive actually got to question. It isnt really so much about whether algorithms are trustworthy its more about the quality of the data that feeds in egypt its those designing actually. 2 human biases human imperfections thats what we see reflected in our algorithms and without better oversight we risk reinforcing our prejudices and social inequalities. That you often own. Or are programmed to a shame that the past is the future that they want as well and by the past thats often things to fuel the stigma and bias and stereotypes and rejection and discrimination and really what we need is to create systems the allow for. A new future scenario is that and different from the all of course we can build better tools operant tools and i see them everywhere that i go but what makes a difference about good tools about just tools is building those tools with a broader set of values from the very beginning so not just efficiency not just cost savings but dignity and selfdetermination and justice and fairness and accountability and fairer process and all of those things that we really care about as a democracy have to be built in app the beginning from step one in every single tool. Were actually getting our hands on the data were analyzing the data. Now one thing that weve done is we try to make as much of the state of the old bulls possible so to encourage people to look at. This one of our one of our projects is called the stanford open policing project we release lots of data in the criminal Justice System we release code for people to play with the data and i encourage everyone to look at that and try to understand whats going on. You know maybe theyll discover a pattern that even if it solves my biggest piece of advice is to never underestimate your influence on. You know you may be fighting some machine. Some Computer System that youve never been able to mate lets say to his him inflicted huge homeless suffering but no words can make government scared your voices combined can make said. Sin quote sit up and Pay Attention to gather we can shape the way these tools are created and the way that they impact as a Political Community if we want Better Outcomes from the systems we have to we have to claim our space as Decision Making and Decision Makers at these tables. And we cant do that if we think that these technologies are somehow gods theyre built just just the way we build our kids we build these technologies and we have a right to be in dialogue with them. Aljazeera is here to report on the people often ignored but who must be heard how many other channels can you say will take their time and put extensive thought into reporting from under reported areas of course we cover major global events but our passion lies in making sure that youre hearing the stories from people in places like dallas by libya yemen the stockholm legion and so many others you go to them in making up for we care instead. How those snow and cold sweat from washington through colorado are always down towards the texas panhandle behind that massive cloud so theres a bandra here which is fairly nasty rain showers growing up through towards the Tennessee Valley effectively west of that and north of that it really cold and the snow still falling this is mostly new mexico about tommy gets to choose to denvers temperatures are rising from minus 8 on monday to a plus for on tuesday but still near freezing in the good parts of for example minnesota and wisconsin but that sunshine even is tommy will slowly warm things up a little bit the same time going to watch whats happening for the south and you cant really misses eater now that we too worried about this at the moment is the new tampa tents but instead and this is not an accurate forecast it could still be over the water by the time to get to wednesday so its an Early Warning i wouldnt trust a forecast just that well watch it for you but the next 24 hours it crosses the yucatan as a hurricane warning out as a result it will just touch hurrican forces they goes into the gulf of mexico leaves behind whatever damage is done and still fairly wet times for this part of mexico rather less so if the Cayman Islands or cuba. It began with war and the good it was to hear i got shot by fall ball i felt like i was that the documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional asylum contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate you know of the consequences of the policies of detainment is really almost the same in all this misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer in this way it is unacceptable and refugees tale on aljazeera. Do you feel validated in south way is a type of performative activism. Lets go back to specifically you calling donald trump a white supremacist the lights are on and theres nowhere to hide join me Richelle Carey is up at the front questions to my special guests and challenge them to some Straight Talk and political debate. Front return on aljazeera. A face can tell a story without uttering a single word. And knowing god can guide us to. A simple time. Inform us. The unconventionality of life witnessed through the lens of the human eye. 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