Dems are at it again, trying to break open black-box algorithms
Democratic lawmakers once again have proposed legislation to ensure that the software source code used for criminal investigations can be examined and is subject to standardized testing by the government.
On Thursday House Representatives Mark Takano (D-CA) and Dwight Evans (D-PA) reintroduced the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act of 2024, a draft law that forbids using trade secret claims from barring defense attorneys from reviewing source code relevant to criminal cases and establishes a federal testing regime for forensic software.
The bill, introduced in 2019 and in 2021 to no avail, aims to guarantee that criminal defendants have the opportunity to assess the fairness of software used against them.
Often this isnāt the case because makers of forensic software can resist public review of their source code by claiming itās classified as a trade secret.
Saw the image for the video, immediately knew they were talking about ergot. Wouldnāt it be great if it earned some respect, after all these centuries?
The researchers found that women needed just under 2.5 hours of moderate to vigorous aerobic physical activity a week to get the same āsurvival benefitā that men get with five hours of physical activity. The mortality risk for women who engaged in regular physical activity was reduced by 24% compared to 15% for men, the researchers wrote in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
(Tangential reply: because etymologically it originally meant ābellyā, and the meaning shifted. For a feminine Latin word for the organ, consider matrix.)
