(Beyond) Reasonable Doubt: Challenges that Public Defenders Face in Scrutinizing AI in Court
Angela Jin,
Niloufar Salehi
Abstract:Accountable use of AI systems in high-stakes settings relies on making systems contestable. In this paper we study efforts to contest AI systems in practice by studying how public defenders scrutinize AI in court. We present findings from interviews with 17 people in the U.S. public defense community to understand their perceptions of and experiences scrutinizing computational forensic software (CFS) -automated decision systems that the government uses to convict and incarcerate, such as facial recognition, gu… Show more
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