When machines can be judge, jury, and executioner : justice in the age of artificial intelligence / Katherine B. Forrest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forrest, Katherine Bolan, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--Data processing.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Artificial intelligence--Law and legislation--United States.

Artificial intelligence.

Judicial process--United States--Data processing.

Judicial process.

Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Decision making.

Artificial intelligence--Law and legislation.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Data processing.

Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects.

Judicial process--Data processing.

United States.

Physical Description:

134 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific , [2021]

Summary:

"This book explores justice in the age of artificial intelligence. It argues that current AI tools used in connection with liberty decisions are based on utilitarian frameworks of justice and inconsistent with individual fairness reflected in the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence. It uses AI risk assessment tools and lethal autonomous weapons as examples of how AI influences liberty decisions. The algorithmic design of AI risk assessment tools can and do embed human biases. Designers and users of these AI tools have allowed some degree of compromise to exist between accuracy and individual fairness. Written by a former federal judge who lectures widely and frequently on AI and the justice system, this book is the first comprehensive presentation of the theoretical framework AI tools in the criminal justice system and lethal autonomous weapons utilize in decision-making. The book then provides the most comprehensive explanation as to why, tracing the evolution of the debate regarding racial and other biases embedded in such tools. No other book delves as comprehensively into the theory and practice of AI risk assessment tools"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Utilitarianism versus Justice as Fairness

ch. 2 AI and How It Works

ch. 3 Transparency in Decisions about Human Liberty: The Means to the End Do Matter

ch. 4 Decision-Making: The Human as Case Study

ch. 5 Decision-Making: AI as Case Study

ch. 6 As Old as the Hills: When Humans Assess Risk

ch. 7 AI Risk Assessment Tools: Achieving Moderate Accuracy

ch. 8 COMPAS: Case Study of an AI Risk Assessment Tool

ch. 9 COMPAS is Not Alone: Other AI Risk Assessment Tools

ch. 10 Accuracy over Fairness

ch. 11 Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Fairness

ch. 12 Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789811232725

9811232725

OCLC:

1225977626