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Should AI be used to make decisions in criminal justice systems?

This considers the use of AI algorithms to assist in making decisions such as sentencing, parole, and law enforcement. Proponents argue that it can improve efficiency and reduce human biases. Opponents argue that it may perpetuate existing biases and lacks accountability.

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Yes
93%
No
5%
Yes
83%
No
2%
Yes, assuming checks and balances are in place
7%
No, and AI should never be used to make decisions that will drastically affect lives
3%
No, I don't trust the accuracy of AI yet

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 @9MKD8QM from Florida  answered…2yrs2Y

ASBOLUTELY NOT, and AI is not a person NOR a PEER which would be making a mockery of our legal system which is already plagued by several other issues.

 @9SNR8JG from Maryland  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, it should be used to assist in making decisions. AI can analyze a record to determine what the expected punishments are from an unbiased view but it is up to judges and jury to make a final decision based on extenuating circumstances of the individual.

 @9TFW8PN from Georgia  answered…2yrs2Y

AI needs more research, but could be used as a factual guide to assist humans in making a non biased judgement.

 @9L4Z23B  from Pennsylvania  answered…2yrs2Y

No, not yet. More studies need to be conducted first

 @B24ZD62 from Utah  answered…2yrs2Y

No, not directly. We can use it to assist in some information, but the decision should not be made BY AI, it should still be made by a person.

 @B5X32CW from California  answered…12mos12MO

no judges should not have to rely on AI to make decisions that will drastically effect lives. They have to have a clear and thorough understanding of the law

 @9ZMRJJR from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

No, I don't trust the accuracy of AI yet as it provides fake cases to create an opinion for a singular side.

 @9ZZ2C23 from Nebraska  answered…2yrs2Y

no way, we’re talking about computers they have no feelings about what prison life does to a person especially solitary confinement. It should be outlawed

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Israeli Bombings Kill 2,300 In Lebanon in 3 weeks

Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.The Israeli military has ordered people living in more than a quarter of Lebanon to flee, according to a UN calculation, as its fight with the Iran-backed Shia militant group Hizbollah threatens to engulf the Mediterranean country.Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.More than 1mn people have fled their homes in Lebanon in under a month, according to its government, a dramatic forced movement of the population in a country of only about 5mn inhabitants with a land mass smaller than the US state of Connecticut. Israeli forces began a ground offensive in south Lebanon two weeks ago, in their fourth invasion of the country in under five decades. They had already destroyed large parts of the densely populated southern Beirut suburb where Hizbollah had its headquarters, and killed many top militant commanders in air strikes, including former leader Hassan Nasrallah.Rema Jamous Imseis, Middle East director of UNHCR, told journalists in Geneva that “over 25 per cent of [Lebanon is] under a direct Israeli military evacuation order”. “People are heeding these calls to evacuate and they’re fleeing with almost nothing,” she added, saying that 80 per cent of the shelters opened by the Lebanese government — mostly in schools — were now full.

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