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Lawyers must always keep their defense hats on to help identify the biases Generative AI may support and to implement creative safeguards to ensure the presumption of innocence is maintained in courtrooms.
NACDL’s top line recommendation on data-driven policing tools is that police departments must not utilize data-driven policing technologies because they are ineffective; lack scientific validity; create, replicate and exacerbate “self-perpetuating cycles of bias”; hyper-criminalize individuals, families, and communities of color; and divert resources and funds from communities that should be allocated towards social services and community-led public safety initiatives.
NACDL is excited to launch a new task force to study artificial intelligence and related emerging technologies impact on the Criminal Legal System and criminal defense bar.
This month Robert M. Sanger reviews When Machines Can Be Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Katherine B. Forrest.
Robert Williams is the first known person wrongfully arrested based on facial recognition technology. During the time he was accused of shoplifting, Mr. Williams was actually driving home from work and posting a video that eventually exonerated him.