A data-driven approach to making better choices
The new MIT course Algorithms and Behavioral Science investigates the deployment of machine learning tools and their potential to understand people, reduce bias, and improve society.
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The new MIT course Algorithms and Behavioral Science investigates the deployment of machine learning tools and their potential to understand people, reduce bias, and improve society.
Imagine a world in which some important decision - a judge's sentencing recommendation, a child's treatment protocol, which person or business should
One new paper said that replacing a judge's bail decision with one crafted by an algorithm could make the American justice system more fair.
A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics finds that replacing certain judicial decision-making functions with algorithms could improve outcomes for defendants by eliminating some of the systemic biases of judges.
AI algorithms could help fix systemic biases in court decisions, the study suggests.